An experiment in treating neurotic patients was tried in the
Massillon State Hospital, Ohio, when a picture entitled,
“Christ Knocking at the Door,” a copy of Hofmann’s masterpiece,
was unveiled during the religious services. The painting was
life-size, on cathedral glass, and illuminated by electric
lights. The hope was that by flashing the lights suddenly on the
picture a beneficial therapeutic effect would be produced on the
minds of the inmates of the hospital. (Text.)
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=Christ as Pattern=--See FOLLOWING CHRIST.