Project Gutenberg 2007-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 307 Lawrence, Robert Means 1847 1935 10023963 Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Produced by Chris Curnow, Fox in the Stars, Michael Zeug, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery" by Robert Means Lawrence is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the historical practices of healing and the psychological factors that contribute to their efficacy, particularly focusing on amulets, magical charms, and the role of imagination in therapeutic settings. The author argues that many primitive methods of therapy and the success of quack treatments can be attributed to the power of suggestion and mental influence rather than any intrinsic medicinal properties. The opening of the text introduces the idea that amulets and charms, often understood through the lens of superstition, played a significant role in the development of medical practices over the ages. Lawrence elucidates how these objects were believed to possess protective or healing powers, largely stemming from the faith and imagination of those who utilized them. He also hints at the transition from these archaic practices to modern psychological approaches to healing, establishing a connection between historical beliefs in the supernatural and contemporary understandings of mental health and therapy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Medicine -- History Mental healing Medical misconceptions Quacks and quackery R Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 538490 2024-09-10T07:11:22.196058 2023-09-10T10:26:09.980399 text/html text/html 540659 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 12081699 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 12921900 2024-09-10T07:12:48.622103 application/epub+zip 12805641 2024-09-10T07:11:51.615867 application/epub+zip 276220 2024-09-10T07:11:24.049042 application/epub+zip 120504086 2024-09-10T07:13:13.773003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120382849 2024-09-10T07:12:13.629268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496629 2022-09-11T04:50:27.413438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401133 2024-09-10T07:11:19.507047 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 400723 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 158436 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 400925 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158278 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 400966 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158136 2021-01-03T03:49:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22069 2024-09-10T07:13:14.292949 application/rdf+xml 16960 2024-09-10T07:11:24.527019 image/jpeg 3885 2024-09-10T07:11:24.288011 image/jpeg 12144772 2024-09-10T07:11:22.887082 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia