How the Mind Affects the Body
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How the Mind Affects the Body
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The thought of food when one is hungry causes a secretion to flow from the gastric glands of the stomach. Merely thinking how a lemon tastes will increase the flow of saliva. Sex thoughts cause the blood to flow to the sex organs and so produce excitement. Continued thinking about sex matters is harmful.
Date
1922
Contributor
American Social Health Association
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SWHP0017
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How the Mind Affects the Body
Brain
Nerves from brain to stomach
Gastric glands in stomach
The thought of food when one is hungry causes a secretion to flow from the gastric glands of the stomach.
Merely thinking how a lemon tastes will increase the flow of saliva.
Sex thoughts cause the blood to flow to the sex organs and so produce excitement. Continued thinking about sex matters is harmful.
How the Mind Affects the Body
Brain
Nerves from brain to stomach
Gastric glands in stomach
The thought of food when one is hungry causes a secretion to flow from the gastric glands of the stomach.
Merely thinking how a lemon tastes will increase the flow of saliva.
Sex thoughts cause the blood to flow to the sex organs and so produce excitement. Continued thinking about sex matters is harmful.
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