The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-22 00:00:00

MESMERISM.

At another demonstration of Mesmerism at Dr.
.
Elliotson's, some fresh experiments were shown,
person was struck with the gnat improve:neat in Ce!
appearance of the little boy, Master Salmon,
been cured of his paralysis. • He had been trteeen. ri
regullrly, had ta'tea no medicine whatever, wee aY:e
skip, and had walked from his father's bouse,, •):-2,
Lion-street, Holborn, to Islington.
Elizabeth Okey entered the drawing-room in 11:
natural state, was then thrown into her sorunambull::.e
and afterwards into her childish condition, or
as on former occasions. Her waggery and neer ric.L.:
a-ere exquisite ; and'. the fun she created by
quizzing the costume of some NOblemen. w.-! r) 7. .1
come direct from the Levee without einingirg
dresses, telling them they must be very soft to ai
such Guys of
In
the midst. themselves,o f the
liveliest
as ipndraetstcleribs le.
was
re p
e„.
fixed and stupified in an instant by passes of the. lid:.
even made behind her, -and at some distance. D
then demonstrated that the agent or agency mir-Lt.
reflected like light. He stood at some distance‘;
her, and made the passes with his hand, while sit • e •
engaged in ellaWring with other persons, not in a c:hee'.
tion towards her, but quite in a different direction. '.`; •
effect, of course, followed. A`gentleman who
a distance, and towards whom Dr. E. Lad directed
passes, suddenly held up a mirror, so that it pree.
the reflection of the little girl's flies to Dr. E., a,
instantly fell stupified. The experiment was 1,
again and again with the same success. Dr. E. st:i
that the agency appeared to travel in straight
that the angle of its reflection was equal to the aegl,s. ,
incidence. • He added that he had often predee
effects, when out of the room in which the p
by means of a series of mirrors; that by waving
dowwards before the reflection of the patient
last mirror, outside the room, the patient had iesta
dropped. The effects of mesmerised gold in-Preela,
rigidity and stupor; of subsequent friction in r.'prod,l: .•
and of iron in destroying, the effects of
tifully shown, as on die laSt occasion. Tie friaiee
made with anything, first with the handle of '
screen ; but,a gentleman having objected that this
the bead of a plain walking-stick; without sthy
was employed ; and the results were inv.e:
Having thus explained the undoubted results . c.:
exreriments made by the Editor of the " Lances,"
which friction was made with lead upon parts pre-,,ee
touched with a metal, both mestnerisable au!
rised by the hand, such as nickel or 0-old, the
ing acted • merely as an instrument of t ietio, De.
proceeded to show hoc undoubted reAdtA had
place in another sort of experiments, in which. 1.., '
produced effects on parts not previously touched
another metal. The patient having been led
apartment, he stated that he had never produced
from lead on. Elizabeth Okey, on parts not pre,
touched with nickel, gold, silver. tin, or
rug
however long he had held the lead in his Land. Bet
.could show that if the lead were put' in conta,t;
mesmerised nickel, .gold, &c. then its applicaCc,e
be effective. He begged any gentleman to a Aeo
often' he should apply lead, first held in his hap:,
hand—he said he would then put the ;cad
him, as well as a piece •of gold held in his °tie:
but would not pet theM in contact : after a mine
would apply the lead the same number of tnr.e,%
this process he would repeat as often as was (lee
and ut length, when he was holding the lute, el
hind, and the gold in the otl ,
behind hi
colt(,
p,:ace them in contact, and then s
won.
teioand, whenn
bietenwoaualdrifibeed,foauano .d that
fiat the
7StUrl.a.. t;e
l :,.
Sir A. B. Faulkner arranged that De,..1.,
tpheea t process three times before
e
-nd
pitelelee of lead fifty times on thegiirptiltia,,,
contact with gold held in the oitelerble,it „:
She was then fetched from t.t . r
which was across the landing place._ Di .1} .
no hand and ,gold in the other. He d 01,e,
in one
him, but took care not to put the metals
tact. 11v then robbed thelead fifty tunes on her re'
afterwards with a piece of wood, and desired her t
and open her band. This she did readily.
process was repeated twice, and each time s
and opened her hand as readily as ever. He Iv
his hands were behind him, put the lead in con
the gold, and then began rubbing it on her pal
had not rubbed it twenty times before the ha
stiff; and, on her being desired to chest
was unable to do more than gently h„,,
ends of the fingers. The .palm was now ru..,11
a piece of wood, and it closed violently. ,A
struck with the force and beeuty of this exp,„
cruces. Doctor E. defied any body to COL
When he had formerly shown the pewcr
certain students, by rubeiag one of 11,1-
farthing and the other with a sovereige,
blinded and she perfectly delirious, s-eee
that she knew which was whieli,
first an uncharged and then a cilareere
some had objected that she knew the char
warmth, though.be had even taken pains to

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