Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-13 | Page 11 | Timidity is Not Disease, Jury in Paris Declares

Timidity Is Not Disease Jury in Paris Declares PARIS March 12 United d Press disease A Paris Is timidity a jury has decided It is not in spite of expert declarations to the con con- The jury was called on to j judge dge the guilt or Innocence of Dr Philippe Martinie accused of practicing practicing medicine illegally because his I assistant In the application of a method to cure timidity Jean B. B was not a qualified practitioner ner The method of Dr Martinie l who Is a specialist In nervous diseases consists In having th the patient when he goes to bed in complete darkness repeat until he falls asleep one ot of eight formulas printed on luminous plaques The first night he sees the for for- i am am calm He continues to repeat this until hi his eyes close For the second secund night the magic words are I am entirely at ease And so on gradually gaining control control con con- ot of his nerves until on the eighth night he can say with certainty I am afraid of nothing T Tien en he heIs heis Is cured M. M was concerned chiefly In the sale ot of the plaques Nevertheless the authorities considered con con- on- on that Dr Mat tinie was acting against the law Professor Balthazar Balthazar Balth- Balth azar declared In court that Is a nervous disease which In ce tam cases Is the precursor of ins insanity in- in s sanity especially in young persons The defense etense ridiculed this assertIng asserting assert assert- Ing that It often Is noticed In per per- healthy persons The jury agreed