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One commonly begets the other. Many emotional experiences, as is well known, have no clear source in the external conditions: they seem to be fully or partly imaginary. The fear of the dark, for instance, has no sufficient foundation, as a rule, for its existence in civilized conditions of life, as it had in the prehistoric days, when the darkness of the night concealed wild beasts and other dangerous enemies of man. Contempt and love are often inspired by persons and objects that are no more despicable or adorable, as the case may be, than other similar individuals and things. The emotion of love, particularly, is so permeated with products of imagination that it consists largely in creating illusions about the object of affection. Propaganda is known to arouse people to frenzy and worship, yet it attains its ends not so much through the study or selection of facts as through utilizing the technique of suggestion and auto-suggestion. And the study of crowd and mob behavior shows beyond the cavil of doubt that emotion spreads by suggestion, as it were contagiously. This suggestive or infectious character of emotion can be exemplified by the panic arising in a theatre on fire, by the vicious mood of a lynching mob, or by the mass worship of a popular hero. Unless it be through the effect of suggestive transmission, how can we explain, for example, the following occurrence I have come across in the newpapers?

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He asserted, for example, that when he touched the subject's limbs with the magnet, this produced catalepsy; and, certainly, what he had predicted, happened. Braid, in his turn, stated that he had an instrument in his pocket which was quite as powerful, and offered to prove this by operating on the same subject. He then informed the doctor, in the hypnosis subject's presence, that when he put the instrument into her hands it would produce catalepsy; and it at once did so, just as in the former instance. Having terminated the catalepsy by means of passes, Braid placed the instrument in another position, and stated that it would now have the very reverse effect-that the subject would not be able to hold it, owing to paralysis of her muscles: this, as well as many other experiments, was successful.

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The following summary is offered for consideration:

1. Many bodily functions, ordinarily controlledby the autonomic nervous system, become stimulated or inhibited under the influence of suggestion and, particularly, of hypnosis.
2. The bodily mechanism underlying the diseaseof hysteria as well as some of the successful practices of faith-healers, Christian Scientists, and psychoanalysts is identical with that of all suggestion: it is rooted in the autonomic nervous system.
3. Bringing the psychological and the physiological aspects together, we can define the hypnotic state as a prestige-and-faith relationship in which the practician uses his advantageous position to influence by suggestion the subject's autonomic nervous system, in order to effect desired bodily inhibitions and excitations and to condition his mind.
4. All hypnotic practice is remarkably safe, at least in the hands of an experienced, intelligent and honest practician.
5. The young science of hypnotism calls for numerous experiments, as specified techniques are sadly lacking to deal with the great variety of medical, psychological and educational cases.
6. The scientific study of hypnotic phenomena is, indeed, in an early stage, but its future is bright and promising.

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There are also activities requiring a certain amount of self-confidence to start with, and fear or uncertainty may present a serious handicap. Everybody finds among his friends a number of people unable to swim, for instance. Were swimming a skill acquired only after considerable training, this should be expected. But the facts are quite different. Most animals who fall into the water usually have no great difficulty in scrambling out and learning how to swim as a result. Boys and girls are hardly different in this respect. The art of swimming comes to them naturally, in due course of time, unless the fear of water is suggested to them. But some adults simply can't acquire the skill, no matter what they do. A deliberate effort to learn how to swim has, it seems, no advantage over an accidental fall into deep water. An acquaintance of mine once assured me that she can swim in four feet of water; but the moment she gets into a deeper place, she goes down like a stone. Ridiculous, is it not? Yet she cannot help it; like so many other people, she is wrongly conditioned to swimming. There is but one method of fighting against this fault, and it is to modify the psychological attitude and to inspire the subject with confidence, be it only for the few moments of retraining. Hypnosis can be of obvious assistance in such cases.Swimming is but one of many skills depending on self-confidence in the first minutes, hours or days of practice.

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Among the faults usually yielding to suggestion or hypnosis, but requiring repeated sittings as a rule, are the following :

Stage-fright and uneasiness in addressing the public Fear of examinations
Excessive blushing
Shyness in specific circumstances
Various forms of inferiority
Poor handwriting
Incorrect posture in sitting or walking
Faults of pronunciation
Nervous stuttering
etc., etc.

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The records from which all the above data are taken are still further substantiated by indirect evidence. In this respect, clinical observations and theoretical considerations fully agree. We are justified, namely, in believing that any malady which is known to have been relieved, in some instances, by faith-healing or psychoanalysis, is likely to yield also to a proper hypnotic treatment. Unfortunately, we do not often know exactly what this treatment should be. Our information concerning the techniques required to assure success is still sadly lacking, and much research work is needed to find and determine them in detail. In order to grasp clearly the possibilities as well as the limitations of hypnotic treatment, let us keep one fundamental rule in mind that might help us escape the temptations of superstition and mysticism. It may be put in the words of John Hunter, English physiologist, who said that "as one state of the mind is capable of producing a disease, another state of the mind effects a cure."

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Just to convey a general idea as to the progress of hypnotic therapy, I wish to give at this point a representative list of ailments that have been and can be relieved or cured by suggestion, whenever diagnosis indicates a functional cause:

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Stomach aches
Indigestion
Constipation
Loss of appetite
Headaches
Sea sickness
Asthma, of nervous origin
Functional heart disorders
Neuralgia
Sciatica
Physical allergy (supersensitiveness) and hay fever Eczema, in several forms
Chronic alcoholism
Drug addiction, such as morphinism

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After the source of natural anxiety and distrust has thus been removed, and after every precaution to save the subject any unnecessary physical uneasiness has been taken, the subject is hypnotized in an ordinary fashion. Few people are ever annoyed by the state of hypnosis in general, but in reports on oneirosis the expressions of surprise and pleasure are particularly common. "It was a very enjoyable and agreeable state," writes one. "I felt like remaining that way for a long time," confesses another. "I did not want to come out of the state," asserts the third. "There seemed to be one thing that held my attention; it was the warm, joyous blood in my veins," states the fourth.

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I contend that the subject can even be made to commit murder under hypnosis-or, rather, an unintentional homicide, if you please-if the suggestion in question is given in a manner misleading the senses or concealing the final result. To make the argument more conclusive, suppose you are challenged (in the normal waking state, again) to play a practical joke on a friend of yours, by putting some sleeping powder (or laxative) into his coffee. You may be tempted to do so, if you are in a proper frame of mind. And in all probability you will not investigate to discover whether the powder you had been handed is actually a harmless somniferous drug. It might be a poison! Now, if there is a chance of being made an unconscious partner to a murder plot in ordinary circumstances, there is obviously a greater probability of being so fooled under hypnosis. And perhaps to be made to forget the act!

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This surprising lack of harmful effects of scientific hypnosis has been observed and commented upon by such noted authorities as Liébeault, Wetterstrand, van Eeden, de Jong, Moll, Bramwell, Schilder and Kauders. A. Forel asserted that he has never come across a single instance of physical or mental harm caused by hypnosis. Bernheim recorded but on case (Revue Médicale de I'Est, for February, 1895), "in which death followed hypnosis induced by a medical man. The patient suffered from phlebitis, accompanied by severe pain; and to relieve this, Bernheim hypnotized him. He died two hours afterwards, and post-mortem examination showed that death was due to embolism of the pulmonary artery. . . Bernheim has hypnotized over 10,000 hospital patients; sometimes this would be done for relief of pain associated with inevitably fatal maladies, and, therefore, the matter for surprise is that death has not more frequently occurred during, or shortly after, the induction of hypnosis."

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Amnesia, as an automatic result of deep trance or as Sch¡lder and Kauder", an intentional inhibition of memory, remains of considerable interest to us. But we also begin to discover that post-hypnotic suggestion has a positive value, that numerous things can be accomplished through it in medicine, psychology and education. We find here a definite proof that human behavior depends largely on the autonomic nervous system, in its effects upon the mind and body, and also that physiological processes, no less than conscious activities, are constantly being conditioned by suggestion.

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Through a careful and realistic approach, with the subject's own views as the starting point, he can be convinced of many a thing which he might reject as impossible or ridiculous if approached bluntly, without due preparation and transition. Nothing is cruder in suggestion than to command, for instance: "You must imagine you are traveling in a train. You must. You must!" I have seen persons under hypnosis, who smiled at such commands in a way indicating beyond doubt that their ability to criticize, and differ with, the practician is not totally absent in the trance. How much finer it is to convey the same idea in a casual, conversational manner, such as: "I like to travel in trains. I get the feeling of doing something adventurous, and look forward to seeing new faces, new places. When I am alone in the compartment, it seldom occurs to me to read a newspaper or magazine. Like a little boy, I eagerly look out of the window and find so many interesting things to observe, to admire." Before you complete the monologue and come to the intended suggestion, the subject already shares your imaginary experiences. The picture is in his mind, realistic and personal, before you have had a chance to express it fully.

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So-called "passes,"extensively used in the nineteenth century, are quite superfluous, unless the subject had been made to believe in their power. Nor is there any need to hold a hand on the subject's forehead, hand or knee; in general, no bodily contact is required. One's voice is a sufficient channel of communication for suggestion. If, however, you want to be sure of the normal heart-beat of your patient, have your fingers on his pulse.Pre-hypnotic suggestions should begin soon or even immediately after the subject is placed in the chair. You may be saying, for example, something of this sort: "Look steadily at the ball in front of you. Look steadily and do not wink. After a while your eyes will become weary and shut by themselves. Do not try to close them deliberately, nor make any efforts to keep them open. Forget about everything except that you must look at the ball. I shall be watching you closely, to help you enter the state of hypnosis. When you are ready, I shall say 'Keep your eyes closed'. As you enter the state, your entire organism will cooperate with the suggestions I am going to give you. You will find it a calm, pleasant state, during which you enjoy thorough relaxation. But you will be aware of everything I say and of everything you do. Now relax, feel well. Let your breathing be light; let your heart beat evenly, just as in the state of normal sleep. Your eyes are getting tired, but they will be relieved now that a pleasant drowsiness envelops you."

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The term ordinarily used in this connection is "rapport." According to an old belief, rapport constitutes a special and necessary relationship, by virtue of which the subject responds exclusively to suggestions of the hypnotist. No other person supposedly can influence the subject, not during the trance at least. Rapport so understood is not, indeed, a rare phenomenon. Any practician remembers numerous cases in which the subject, easily reacting to his suggestions, remained completely deaf to the voices of other persons.

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And numerous psychiatrists succumbed to the temptation of fashionable theories and resorted to them to explain the phenomena of hypnosis. Witness, for instance, the following interpretation of what happens during the trance: "You are in touch with the unconscious mind of the subject, which is just as capable of handling the body and is just as acute as is the individual's conscious mind. . . This simple technique puts you in touch with the unconscious mind of the subject, which explains (sic!) the spectacular results which are observed. First of all, this unconscious mind is extremely suggestible . . ." What is it, mere naiveté?How easily one succumbs to the apparent plausibility of such interpretation is obvious from the following R. Mucller-Freienfels, The Evolution of Modern Psychology, 362. 3G. H. Estabrooks, "Hypnotism," Scientific American made of "negative hallucination," as related with comments by W. McDougall.

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All the have been made by reliable authorities and repeatedly verified. Several of them have been once or more reproduced in my own experiments. Striking they may be, yet there is nothing miraculous about them. There is no need to invoke a supernatural agency for their explanation. The mystery of nature is invariably the ignorance of men, be it justifiable or not. Nothing miraculous or unnatural, indeed, can be attained by hypnotic procedure. It deals with, and is limited by, certain powers within the human organism, that can be made to work once we know how to stimulate the mechanism involved in its activities. However, as the effects described above cannot be produced at will, merely by wishing for their appearance, it is obvious that hypnosis implies some physiological mechanism which is not open to a direct voluntary control. This mechanism will determine what can and what can not be accomplished by means of hypnosis.

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Under the pressure of expanding knowledge, however, all prejudice collapses sooner or later. The study of hypnotic phenomena bids definitely today for acceptance into the family of recognized sciences. In the manner shown by medicine, astronomy and chemistry, in their emancipation from crudity and superstition, the science of hypnotism promises to open new vistas for research and practice. To facilitate this transition- which has yet to be accomplished-it will be necessary, I believe, to forbid the practice of hypnosis to the untrained and unqualified and to discourage idle public demonstrations, at least until suggestion acquires a solid and verified foundation of knowledge.

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The hypnotic state can be prolonged almost indefinitely, without fear that the subject might incur harmful effects. The practician will find, however, that all he needs, in most instances, to imprint his suggestions upon the subject's mind and through it upon the subject's autonomic nervous system, is five minutes. He may be willing to spend an hour or two keeping the subject in the trance. He may transfer the power of suggestion (or "rapport," as it is called technically). Or he may even leave the subject alone in the state, until he comes back. But sooner or later the trance must be broken, and the normal waking state restored.

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A few examples will help illustrate the nature of hypnotic phenomena. Time: early fall. Place: New York City. A subject is hypnotized in an ordinary room, with normal temperature, and the following suggestion is given to him in a calm yet emphatic voice:

The hypnotist stops for a few seconds to observe the subject and then resumes: "You look quite warm, too. You don't seem to be able to endure high temperature. No, you don't. I see beads of perspiration on your forehead. Can I do anything for you ? Some lemonade? Of course. I shall be back in a minute. "He leaves the room and returns promptly with a glass of lemonade-or it might be plain water-saying: "Lemonade is very refreshing. Here it is. Take the glass. I am sure you'll like it."As the experimenter proceeds with the monologue, the subject clearly develops the appearance of a man suffering from intense heat.

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There is a pretty well-authenticated report of a young girl who after an intense fright, fell into a lethargic condition which lasted for four years. Her parents were poor and ignorant, but, as the fame of the case spread abroad, some physicians went to investigate it . Her sleep had never been interrupted. On raising the eyelids, the doctors found the eyes turned convulsively upward, but, blowing upon them, produced no reflex movement of the lids. Her jaws were closed tightly, and the attempt to open her mouth had broken off some of the teeth level with the gums. The muscles contracted at the least breath or touch, and the arms remained in position when uplifted.The contraction of the muscles is a sign of the lethargic state, but the arm, remaining in position, indicates the cataleptic state. The girl was kept alive by liquid nourishment poured into her mouth.

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This is, so to speak, a process of self-hypnotization, and I have often practiced it when going from house to house, when in the midst of a busy practice, and I sometimes have amused my friends and family by exercising this faculty, which I do not think it very difficult to acquire. (We also know that many persons can wake at a fixed hour in the morning by setting their minds upon it just before going to sleep.) Now, there is something here which deserves a little further examination, but which it would take too much time to develop fully at present. Most people know something of what is meant by reflex action. The nerves which pass from the various organs to the brain convey with, great rapidity messages to its various parts, which are answered by reflected waves of impulse. If the soles of the feet be tickled, contraction of the toes, or involuntary laughter, will be excited, or perhaps only a shuddering and skin contraction, known as goose-skin. The irritation of the nerve-end in the skin has carried a message to the involuntary or voluntary ganglia of the brain which has responded by reflecting back again nerve impulses which have contracted the muscles of the feet or skin muscles, or have given rise to associated ideas and explosion of laughter. In the same way, if during sleep heat be applied to the soles of the feet, dreams of walking over hot surfaces--Vesuvius or Fusiyama, or still hotter places--may be produced, or dreams of adventure on frozen surfaces or in arctic regions may be created by applying ice to the feet of the sleeper.

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Dr. Ernest Hart, an English writer, in an article in the British Medical Journal, gives a general explanation of the phenomena of hypnotism which we may accept as true so far as it goes, but which is evidently incomplete. He seems to minimize personal influence too much--that personal influence which we all exert at various times, and which he ignores, not because he would deny it, but because he fears lending countenance to the magnetic fluid and other similar theories.

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By way of illustration, we quote reports of two cases of hypnotism, one successful and one unsuccessful. The following is from a report by one of the physicians of the Charity hospital in Paris:

"Gabrielle C---- became a hypnotized patient of mine . She entered the Charity hospital to be under treatment for some accident arising from pulmonary congestion, and while there was suddenly seizedwith violent attacks of hystero-epilepsy, which first contracted both legs, and finally reduced them to complete immobility.

"She had been in this state of absolute immobility for seven months and I had vainly tried every therapeutic remedy usual in such cases. My intention was first to restore the general constitution of the subject, who was greatly weakened by her protracted stay in bed, and then, at the end of a certain time, to have recourse to hypnotism, and at the opportune moment suggest to her the idea of walking.

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In commenting on this, Dr. Hart notes that in reality hypnotism is self-produced, and the will of the operator, even when exercised directly against it, has no effect if the subject believes that the will is being operated in favor of it. Says he: "So long as the person operated on believed that my will was that she should sleep, sleep followed. The most energetic willing in my internal consciousness that there should be no sleep, failed to prevent it, where the usual physical methods of hypnotization, stillness, repose, a fixed gaze, or the verbal expression of an order to sleep, were employed."

The dangers of hypnotism have been recognized by the law of every civilized country except the United States, where alone public performances are permitted.

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The fact is, a weak character can be tempted and brought under virtual control much more easily by ordinary means than by hypnotism.

The man who "over persuades" a business man to endorse a note uses no hypnotic influence. He is merely making a clever play upon the man's vanity, egotism, or good nature.

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In the presence of a number of distinguished doctors in Paris, Dr. Hart tried a series of hypnotism experiments in which by his conversation he gave the patient no clue to exactly what drug he was using, in order that if the patient was simulating he would not know what to simulate. Marguerite was the subject of several of these experiments, one of which is described as follows:

"I took a tube which was supposed to contain alcohol, but which did contain cherry laurel water. Marguerite immediately began, to use the words of M. Sajous's note, to smile agreeably and then to laugh; she became gay. 'It makes me laugh,' she said, and then, 'I'm not tipsy, I want to sing,' and so on through the whole performance of a not ungraceful giserie, which we stopped at that stage, for I was loth to have the degrading performance of drunkenness carried to the extreme I had seen her go through at the Charite. I now applied a tube of alcohol, asking the assistant, however, to give me valerian, which no doubt this profoundly hypnotized subject perfectly well heard, for she immediately went through the whole cat performance. She spat, she scratched, she mewed, she leapt about on all fours, and she was as thoroughly cat-like as had been Dr. Luys's subjects."


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Let us quote Dr. Cocke's experiment in hypnotizing himself. It will be remembered that a professional hypnotizer or magnetizer had hypnotized him by telling him to fix his mind on the number twenty-six and holding up his hand.

"In my room that evening it occurred to me to try the same experiment. I did so. I kept the number twenty-six in my mind. In a few minutes I felt the sensation of terror, but in a different way. I was intensely cold.My heart seemed to stand still. I had ringing in my ears. My hair seemed to rise upon my scalp. I persisted in the effort, and the previously mentioned noise in my ears grew louder and louder. The roar became deafening. It crackled like a mighty fire. I was fearfully conscious of myself. Having read vivid accounts of dreams, visions, etc., it occurred to me that I would experience them. I felt in a vague way that there were beings all about me but could not hear their voices. I felt as though every muscle in my body was fixed and rigid. The roar in my ears grew louder still, and I heard, above the roar, reports which sounded like artillery and musketry. Then above the din of the noise a musical chord. I seemed to be absorbed in this chord. I knew nothing else. The world existed for me only in the tones of the mighty chord. Then I had a sensation as though I were expanding. The sound in my ears died away,and yet I was not conscious of silence. Then all consciousness was lost.The next thing I experienced was a sensation of intense cold, and of someone roughly shaking me. Then I heard the voice of my jolly landlord calling me by name."

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If self-hypnotism is possible (and it is true that a person can deliberately hypnotize himself when he wishes to till he has become accustomed to it and is expert in it, so to speak), it does away at a stroke with the claims of all professional hypnotists that they have any peculiar power in themselves which they exert over their fellows. One of these professionals gives an account in his book of what he calls "The Wonderful Lock Method." He says that though he is locked up in a separate room he can make the psychic power work through the walls.

All that he does is to put his subjects in the way of hypnotizing themselves. He shows his inconsistency when he states that under certain circumstances the hypnotizer is in danger of becoming hypnotized himself. In this he makes no claim that the subject is using any psychic power; but, of course, if the hypnotizer looks steadily into the eyes of his subject, and the subject looks into his eyes, the steady gaze on a bright object will produce hypnotism in one quite as readilyas in the other.

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Says a recent French writer: "Dr. Bremand, a naval doctor, has obtained in men supposed to be perfectly healthy a new condition, which he calls fascination. The inventor considers that this is hypnotism in its mildest form, which, after repeated experiments, might become catalepsy.The subject fascinated by Dr. Bremaud--fascination being induced by the contemplation of a bright spot--falls into a state of stupor. He follows the operator and servilely imitates his movements, gestures and words;he obeys suggestions, and a stimulation of the nerves induces contraction, but the cataleptic pliability does not exist."

A noted public hypnotizer in Paris some years ago produced fascination in the following manner: He would cause the subject to lean on his hands, thus fatiguing the muscles. The excitement produced by the concentrated gaze of a large audience also assisted in weakening the nervous resistance. At last the operator would suddenly call out: "Look at me!" The subject would look up and gaze steadily into the operator's eyes, who would stare steadily back with round, glaring eyes, and in most cases subdue his victim.

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Still more interesting is the intellectual condition of the subject during hypnotism.Some great man has remarked that if he wished to know what a person was thinking of, he assumed the exact position and expression of that person, and soon he would begin to feel and think just as the other was thinking and feeling. Look a part and you will soon begin to feel it.

"The emotions in this hypnotic stage are made at command, in the true acceptation of the word, for they are produced, not by orders verbally expressed, but by expressive movements. If the hands are opened and drawn close to the mouth, as when a kiss is wafted, the mouth smiles. If the arms are extended and half bent at the elbows, the countenance assumes an expression of astonishment."

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Those selected for the hypnotism were now drawn up in an irregular line in front of the stage, their eyes fixed on vacancy, their heads bent forward, perfectly motionless. Each was then given a suggestion. One was to be a newsboy, and sell papers. Another was given a broomstick and told to hunt game in the woods before him.Another was given a large rag doll and told that it was an infant, and that he must look among the audience and discover the father. He was informed that he could tell who the father was by the similarity and the color of the eyes.

These hypnotic suggestions were made in a loud tone, Miss Flint being no nearerone subject than another. The bare suggestion was given, as, "Now, thinkthat you are a newsboy, and are selling papers," or, "Now think that youare hunting and are going into the woods to shoot birds."

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HOW TO WAKE A SUBJECT FROM HYPNOTIC SLEEP

It is said that in hypnosis, pressure on certain regions will wake the subject, just as pressure in certain other places will put the subject to sleep. Among these places for awakening are the ovarian regions.

Some hypnotists recommend the application of cold water to awaken subjects,but this is rarely necessary. In olden times a burning coal was brought near.

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Those who hold this theory today distinguish between the phenomena produced by hypnotism and those produced by physical means or simple suggestion.

The theory of Suggestion is maintained by the medical school attached to the hospital at Nancy. The theory of Neurosis was originally put forth as the result of experiments by Dr. Charcot at the Salpetriere hospital in Paris,which is now the co-called Salpetriere school--that is the medical,school connected with the Salpetriere hospital.

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"Also hypnosis can frequently be induced by giving the subject a glass of water, and telling him at the same time that it has been magnetized.The wearing of belts around the body, and rings round the fingers, will also, sometimes, induce a degree of hypnosis, if the subject has been told that they have previously been magnetized or are electric. The latter descriptions are the so-called physical methods described by Dr.Moll."

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Hypnotizing on the Stage

Hypnotizing on the Stage--"You Can't Pull Your Hands Apart"--Post Hypnotic Suggestion--The News boy, the Hunter, and the Young Man with the Rag Doll--A Whip Becomes Hot Iron--Courting a Broomstick--The Side Show.

Let us now describe some of the manifestations of hypnotism, to see just how it operates and how it exhibits itself. The following is a description of a public performance given by Dr. Herbert L. Flint,a very successful public operator. It is in the language of an eye-witness--a New York lawyer.

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There is also another theory put forth, or rather a modification of Professor Charcot's theory, and maintained by the school of the Charity hospital in Paris, headed by Dr. Luys, to the effect that the physical magnet and electricity may affect persons in the hypnotic state, and that certain drugs in sealed tubes placed upon the patient's neck during the condition of hypnosis will produce the same effects which those drugs would produce if taken internally, or as the nature of the drugs would seem to call for if imbibed in a more complete fashion.

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They would be most likely to be subject to a person who had such a strong and well-balanced nervous constitution that it would be hard to hypnotize. And it is always safe to say that the strong may control the weak, but it is not likely that the weak will control the strong.

No student of science will deny the truth of these statements. At the same time it has been demonstrated again and again that persons can and do frequently hypnotize themselves.

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Braid's conclusions were, in brief, that there was no fluid, or other exterior agent, but that hypnotism was due to a physiological condition of the nerves. It was his belief that hypnotic sleep was brought about by fatigue of the eyelids, or by other influences wholly within the subject.

In this he was supported by Carpenter, the great physiologist;but neither Braid nor Carpenter could get the medical organizations to give the matter any attention, even to investigate it. In 1848 an American named Grimes succeeded in obtaining all the phenomena of hypnotism, and created a school of writers who made use of the word"electro-biology."

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This hypnotism may be communicated to other bodies, may be increased and reflected by mirrors, communicated, propagated, and accumulated, by sound. It may be accumulated, concentrated, and transported. The same rules apply to the opposite virtue. The magnet is susceptible of hypnotism and the opposite virtue.

The magnet and artificial electricity have, with respect to disease, properties common to a host of other agents presented to us by nature, and if the use of these has been attended by useful results, they are due to animal hypnotism. By the aid of magnetism, then, the physician enlightened as to the use of medicine may render its action more perfect, and can provoke and direct salutary crises so as to have them completely under his control."

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It is suspected that the fakirs of India who make trees grow from dry twigs in a few minutes, or transform a rod into a serpent (as Aaron did in Bible history), operate by some form of hypnotism.

The people of the East are much more subject to influences of this kind than Western peoples are, and there can be no question that the religious orgies of heathendom were merely a form of that hysteria which is so closely related to the modern phenomenon of hypnotism.

The stages of hypnotism

CHAPTER III--The stages of hypnotism--Lethargy-Catalepsy--The somnambulistic stage--Fascination

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