“Over the mountain-growths, disease and sorrow,An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering,High in the purer, happier air.“From imperfection’s murkiest cloudDarts always forth one ray of perfect light,One flash of heaven’s glory.. . . . . . . . . .“All, all for immortality,Love like the light silently wrapping all,Nature’s amelioration blessing all,The blossoms, fruits of ages, orchards divine and certain,Forms, objects, growths, humanities, to spiritual images ripening.“Give me, O God, to sing that thought,Give me, give him or her I love, this quenchless faith,. . . . . . . . . .Belief in plan of Thee enclosed in time and space,Health, peace, salvation universal.“Is it a dream?Nay, but the lack of it the dream,And failing it life’s lore and wealth a dream,And all the world a dream.”
“Over the mountain-growths, disease and sorrow,An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering,High in the purer, happier air.“From imperfection’s murkiest cloudDarts always forth one ray of perfect light,One flash of heaven’s glory.. . . . . . . . . .“All, all for immortality,Love like the light silently wrapping all,Nature’s amelioration blessing all,The blossoms, fruits of ages, orchards divine and certain,Forms, objects, growths, humanities, to spiritual images ripening.“Give me, O God, to sing that thought,Give me, give him or her I love, this quenchless faith,. . . . . . . . . .Belief in plan of Thee enclosed in time and space,Health, peace, salvation universal.“Is it a dream?Nay, but the lack of it the dream,And failing it life’s lore and wealth a dream,And all the world a dream.”
“Over the mountain-growths, disease and sorrow,An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering,High in the purer, happier air.
“From imperfection’s murkiest cloudDarts always forth one ray of perfect light,One flash of heaven’s glory.. . . . . . . . . .“All, all for immortality,Love like the light silently wrapping all,Nature’s amelioration blessing all,The blossoms, fruits of ages, orchards divine and certain,Forms, objects, growths, humanities, to spiritual images ripening.
“Give me, O God, to sing that thought,Give me, give him or her I love, this quenchless faith,. . . . . . . . . .Belief in plan of Thee enclosed in time and space,Health, peace, salvation universal.
“Is it a dream?Nay, but the lack of it the dream,And failing it life’s lore and wealth a dream,And all the world a dream.”
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“The author of this decidedly clever novel seems to have written ‘The Massage Case’ as a reminiscence of a very unpleasant personal experience.... From this point of view it is noteworthy for its studious moderation of tone. Not only have we the contrast between the two doctors and nurses, the good and the bad, but the good qualities of Dr. Broadley and the woman employed by him are honestly stated. There is no attempt to depict either as an impostor, and the doctor’s energy and force of character are spoken of with frank admiration, although these are the main instruments in bringing the patient to the verge of madness.... Such a character is perfectly real, perfectly possible; and while the mischief that results from his somewhat pachydermatous honesty and lack of fine perception is plainly stated—while we are shown that the very force and strength of character which had won him his place in the front of the profession tend to overawe his patient, and make her submit in silence to wrong judgment of her symptoms—there is no attempt to vilify Dr. Broadley himself, nor the profession to which he belongs.... If this book, which, under the guise of a story, points out clearly, but with a not unfriendly hand, the errors into which both branches of the medical profession are apt to fall, and makes doctors and nurses more careful and kind, we, at least, will bid it welcome.”
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THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL.
“This is the first novel that has come to our notice in which massage takes a prominent part. It is a very good story, told with the simplicity and earnestness of truth, and probably part, if not all of it, is founded on fact.... We need not go from home to find nursing homes and private hospitals of this kind. There are some keen delineations of character in the book. The eminently successful practitioner, who overwhelms people with his powerful individuality, and compels them into saying and doing what he means them to say and do, is well described. So also is the highly appreciated old-fashioned nurse, who has become a little too knowing.... But what became of the patient? That is just how our readers can while away a few hours very pleasantly in finding out for themselves.”
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“This is a pleasantly readable novel of a very praiseworthy type, chiefly remarkable, from our point of view, for the pen and ink portraits of two very dissimilar medical men, and an exposure of the evils which may ensue to a nervous patient from falling into unsympathetic hands.... We presume the moral is that massage, like certain doctors, does not suit everybody.”
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“The author apparently desires to show that an eminent physician ... may easily become the tool of a determined woman who has made up her mind that the course of true love shall not run, smoothly or otherwise, to a conclusion that she deems undesirable; that ‘nursing homes’ may be so manipulated as to serve temporarily as places of confinement for persons whose relations find it inconvenient that they should be at liberty; and that the ‘Weir Mitchell System,’ whatever excellences it may possess, is not a panacea for every disorder to which humanity is subject.”
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“These volumes are apparently written to warn the public that nefarious persons find very easily, in massage ‘homes,’ all the conveniences for getting their uncongenial relations put out of the way and tortured, which used to be the speciality of private lunatic asylums. If so, we hope that Cyril Bennett may be the Charles Reade to rouse the world to open the doors of these new and hitherto unsuspected Bastilles.”
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FOOTNOTES:[1]See Hinton’s “Life in Nature.”[2]The form of neurasthenia which most frequently receives this label is cerebrasthenia with emotional symptoms. It often exists without myelasthenia or any kind of bodily exhaustion.[3]I have known the term “hysteria” applied to cases of well-marked brain disease, to cases of brain exhaustion from internal disease or disorder, to states of bodily weakness without disorder of the brain, to mere habitual eccentricity,—in fact, to anything and everything.[4]See Tyrrell’s “Tonic Treatment of Epilepsy.”[5]Motley’s “Rise of the Dutch Republic.”[6]The more highly developed the organism, the greater its sensitiveness.[7]By this I do not mean that higher perception of the similarity underlying all differences, which comes much later in life, when differences have been fully appreciated.[8]Not merely tendencies to actual suicide, but an inability to recognise true advantage.[9]We reason only from sensation. Knowledge is but “registered feeling.”[10]Professor Weismann draws attention to the fact, that the development of a faculty by the parent, on the most generally approved method, by no means ensures its transmission to the offspring.[11]See Dr. Maudsley’s “Essay on Hamlet.”
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[1]See Hinton’s “Life in Nature.”
[1]See Hinton’s “Life in Nature.”
[2]The form of neurasthenia which most frequently receives this label is cerebrasthenia with emotional symptoms. It often exists without myelasthenia or any kind of bodily exhaustion.
[2]The form of neurasthenia which most frequently receives this label is cerebrasthenia with emotional symptoms. It often exists without myelasthenia or any kind of bodily exhaustion.
[3]I have known the term “hysteria” applied to cases of well-marked brain disease, to cases of brain exhaustion from internal disease or disorder, to states of bodily weakness without disorder of the brain, to mere habitual eccentricity,—in fact, to anything and everything.
[3]I have known the term “hysteria” applied to cases of well-marked brain disease, to cases of brain exhaustion from internal disease or disorder, to states of bodily weakness without disorder of the brain, to mere habitual eccentricity,—in fact, to anything and everything.
[4]See Tyrrell’s “Tonic Treatment of Epilepsy.”
[4]See Tyrrell’s “Tonic Treatment of Epilepsy.”
[5]Motley’s “Rise of the Dutch Republic.”
[5]Motley’s “Rise of the Dutch Republic.”
[6]The more highly developed the organism, the greater its sensitiveness.
[6]The more highly developed the organism, the greater its sensitiveness.
[7]By this I do not mean that higher perception of the similarity underlying all differences, which comes much later in life, when differences have been fully appreciated.
[7]By this I do not mean that higher perception of the similarity underlying all differences, which comes much later in life, when differences have been fully appreciated.
[8]Not merely tendencies to actual suicide, but an inability to recognise true advantage.
[8]Not merely tendencies to actual suicide, but an inability to recognise true advantage.
[9]We reason only from sensation. Knowledge is but “registered feeling.”
[9]We reason only from sensation. Knowledge is but “registered feeling.”
[10]Professor Weismann draws attention to the fact, that the development of a faculty by the parent, on the most generally approved method, by no means ensures its transmission to the offspring.
[10]Professor Weismann draws attention to the fact, that the development of a faculty by the parent, on the most generally approved method, by no means ensures its transmission to the offspring.
[11]See Dr. Maudsley’s “Essay on Hamlet.”
[11]See Dr. Maudsley’s “Essay on Hamlet.”