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CHAPTER XIII.
SPIRITUAL SEAKCES ON THE INDIAN OCEAN.
Out on the waters restless and sea-tossed, deprived of
daily journals and libraries, how naturally the mind turns to
that inexhaustible field of research, spirit-communion !
Dr. Willis, a medical spirit, controlling the medium, said
in his off-hand, epigrammatic manner —
:
" Disease is obstruction. Vital phenomena are profound
studies. The human system is interpermeated by a very
complex network of nerves. The brain, comparable to a
sounding-bell, echoes through these nerves the condition of
every portion of the physical organism. This is why I
touch the head in diagnosing disease through the Doctor.
Certain nerves allied to the medulla oblongata throw their
sensitive branches across the back of the neck. A current
of air striking this part is quite certain to produce colds,
catarrhs, and serious neuralgic affections. Wearing long
hair, therefore, is a preventive. The ancients in Oriental
countries understood this. ... I see no deleterious effects
in your abstinence from meat-eating. And yet considering
the formation of the teeth, with the make-up of the whole
organic structure, I favor it ; that is, considering humanity
as it is. The system requires oils, as well as materials for
muscle. But animal oils are more clogging to the brain
than vegetable. . . . Color affects the health. Red should
never predominate in the sick-room, especially if the patient
is nervously sensitive. It is an excitant. Pale blue and
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