The American Journal of Dental Science, Vol. XIX. No. 6. Oct. 1885

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Vol. xix. Third Series.—OCTOBER 1885. No. 6.
BY DR. E. PARSONS, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Gentlemen—The subject I have chosen for your consideration at this, our Annual Meeting, is Nervous Energy, how Actuated, and its Varied Phenomena. No one can question the importance of knowing all that can be known about it.
There is an invariable law by which means mind acts on matter, and it is my purpose, in this paper, to briefly elucidate what I have learned by reading, observation and experience on the subject. The great advantage of meeting in council is an increase in knowledge on all subjects in any way relating to our profession. We have many things yet to learn that will be, when known, of great benefit to both ourselves and the public.

Science demands a full and free investigation of all or any causative principle by which life is manifested, or death produced. So long as we draw our conclusions only from appearances, we shall often be deceived in a correct diagnosis; consequently often fail to cure diseases that come within the legitimate bounds of our specialty.