Description"THE BOY WILL BE DEAD BY MORNING." This declaration by doctors to his parents a century ago catapulted a determined Wisconsin farm boy with severe paralytic polio into a pioneer practitioner of mind-body medicine.
Sidebars provide accompanying scientific detail for the parent, teacher, or older reader..
Erickson\'s life story is essential reading for every child.
For its wisdom, inspiration, and hope, Dr.
To this day, he is globally renowned.
For six decades past that fateful night in 1917, he lived on, working tirelessly to help others find healing resources embedded within them.
To everyone\'s amazement, with brilliant creative thinking and spartan discipline Milton bit by bit regained his body\'s functionality.
One day, quite by accident, he discovered that wondrous healing power existed within his mind.
Erickson set off on his own path to recovery.
Angrily refusing to capitulate, teenager Milton H.
Description"THE BOY WILL BE DEAD BY MORNING." This declaration by doctors to his parents a century ago catapulted a determined Wisconsin farm boy with severe paralytic polio into a pioneer practitioner of mind-body medicine
