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May 26, 1907
Daily Arizona Silver Belt
Globe, Miami, Gila County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Doctor at St. Joseph's Hospital describes tricking a woman into believing a swallowed pin was removed from her throat via a fake procedure, curing her imagined pain. Source: Philadelphia Record.
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Imagination Causes Illness
'Imagination has a good deal to do with some cases of sickness,' said a doctor in St. Joseph's hospital. 'There was a woman who used to come here regularly complaining that she had swallowed a pin and that it was stuck in her throat and hurting her dreadfully. Week after week we assured her that we could find no pin, but still she came. At last we determined to satisfy her, so we told her to open her mouth wide and shut her eyes. Then we placed a pin between a pair of long forceps and ran it down her throat. After fooling around a while we drew it out and declared that we had at last succeeded in extricating the troublesome pin. She got up, declared that she felt better, and went away. I saw her later and she declared that the pain in her throat had entirely disappeared.'
-Philadelphia Record.
'Imagination has a good deal to do with some cases of sickness,' said a doctor in St. Joseph's hospital. 'There was a woman who used to come here regularly complaining that she had swallowed a pin and that it was stuck in her throat and hurting her dreadfully. Week after week we assured her that we could find no pin, but still she came. At last we determined to satisfy her, so we told her to open her mouth wide and shut her eyes. Then we placed a pin between a pair of long forceps and ran it down her throat. After fooling around a while we drew it out and declared that we had at last succeeded in extricating the troublesome pin. She got up, declared that she felt better, and went away. I saw her later and she declared that the pain in her throat had entirely disappeared.'
-Philadelphia Record.
What sub-type of article is it?
Health Or Medicine
Human Interest
What keywords are associated?
Psychosomatic Illness
Placebo Cure
Swallowed Pin
Throat Pain
Imagination Sickness
Where did it happen?
St. Joseph's Hospital
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Topic
Psychosomatic Illness Cured By Placebo Procedure
Location
St. Joseph's Hospital
Event Details
A doctor recounts a case where a woman repeatedly complained of a swallowed pin stuck in her throat. Despite assurances no pin was found, she persisted. To satisfy her, the doctors performed a fake extraction using forceps and a pin while her eyes were shut, claiming success. She felt better immediately and the pain disappeared.