INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

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But the will, as well as the emotions, may affect the heart. Many cases illustrative of this assertion are on record. The best authenticated case is that of a Colocynthis Townsend, of Baltimore, which was described by Dr. George Cheyne, who was a witness of the fact. The case was that of a gentleman in apparent health, who by an effort of the will could at any time cause an apparent cessation of all the vital functions, so that the heart’s action could not be perceived, nor any respiratory movements be observed.

It is a fact well known to anatomists, that animals possess the power to move and govern certain muscular organs and muscles, while man, possessing the same muscular structures, has no apparent influence on them. How far this influence extends to the heart is a problem which may well attract our attention. We should not overlook this sympathy between the mind and the heart. A full appreciation of it may lead us to form opinions and diagnoses, which could not otherwise be correctly made. A physician may be treating the heart with medicines, when his efforts should be directed to a ‘mind diseased.” We should never lose sight of the psychological relations of the heart, as well as its anatomical, physiological, and pathological history.

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Edwin Hale
Edwin Moses Hale 1829 – 1899 was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy graduated at the Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College to become Professor Emeritus of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at Hahnemann Medical College, editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy and The American Homeopathic Observer and a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Hale was also a member of The Chicago Literary Club.

Hale wrote Lectures On Diseases Of The Heart, Materia medica and special therapeutics of the new remedies Volume 1, Materia Medica And Special Therapeutics Of The New Remedies Volume 2, Saw Palmetto: (Sabal Serrulata. Serenoa Serrulata), The Medical, Surgical, and Hygienic Treatment of Diseases of Women, New Remedies: Their Pathogenetic Effects and Therapeutic Application, Ilex Cassine : the aboriginal North American tea, Repertory to the New Remedies with Charles Porter Hart, The Characteristics of the New Remedies, Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies, The Practice of Medicine, Homoeopathic Materia Medica of the New Remedies: Their Botanical Description etc.
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