The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-10
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ffeifi Infash Papers.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
Sir, Having been advised { make n SHIRT
ur this summer forth benefit Of ny health,
sired Paris. and aporg any letters u ia'rodnc
ION was fortunate enu0eh 10 nhtaln two y thar,
al itessi 10 The principal medical genilsu,en
sho practice animal magneti4m IA thni citp.
The generality II 4nur readers bring ! %
licNe hui lttilf acquainted with luis ntefsstlns
sciruoe, = my not be unacceptable 10 thou 70
receive n plain statement Of a t." iaets conhrcl.
Cd with u. ahieh came under nv oWn immrdt
ate observation. Ny name, II II ran add any
weight 10 the narrative, may h. lehfnod by eh-
lufrs al tanf oflire.
| arrieA from London n lock If hair hrlnng-
log 20 a sick FREUD Ills disorder was Of bl.
as nature. resembling ,uHdice, especially in
is havies thrown - daik hue. approaching io
black over The whole su, lace Of Inn hoy. The
hilf ~ | understood, had taken a wrong course,
aod IA Sth. not rs II ought TO ia, with blood
4 rh,eiean of The first eminenrt. who s-
tended hun, Informed me when iensidg Lon
don. thai his recovery was all but hoprless.-
brnpsy was snlIervcning On HE disorder of the
liver
Twelve dars elapsed between the cutting of
the lock OF hair aud my presenting II to Ma
dame tflland a somnambulli NJ the apart
mcnts of d.. Dnpotet, in the Rue lie. SAINTS
Prres NJ Paris The doctor having, by the pro.
cess OF magnetism for a few seconds, produced
IN this woman the extraordinary kind 81 walking
tor rather taking sleep, called somnamhulisln,
she received from MIN the hair, Tell II ioi u while
with nlien ian, u u very differently from her
usual manner onsuliations which had
Witnessed she dropped her head upon her
breast aud fell into II state OF complete tnrpor,
from which hei magneiiser had great officially
IN aroosiag her. Al length she recovered, rals.
ed hen head "A little, aud said, slo"l,-' Je n,e'ti
va's-le wis monrIr." She proceeded 10 tell us,
that the paiient was drawing towards the close
of his career. that he had the mdiddic metre, chat
his blood WIS corrupted, that There was no USE
III ordering any thing lor him, but thu, Ia might
be- allowed tp do what he liked besf hlmseli. IN
answer 10 In. quca,ion, whether magnetism
would le oi any service To- HIM, shf replied that
II might prolong his HE Il tlIlf. lad cnrelul
~ absialoed rom giving Any hut, rilhti % MI,
DUpoIet, the respectable physician himseli, ol to
his somnambnle. which might guile elthrr OF
them 10 a ptesions knowledge 81 the eaae tol
may Judgf, ihere fore. Ol my astonlslmrnt on
discovering the accurate acquaintance she had
ntet ntlly acquired of H. uhtuie aud speedy ter
minatIon. A few posts afterwards learned
that my ftlend had actually pad the debt of ma.
ture On the very day preceding tnls cdnshiia.
tion. .
II NAV be objec,ed that If the cleal-sieh tet.
cess OF tins s~opuatnbhlisi vas perfect, she would
have known fhai the person III question was 40
more, nj the moment she was consulted about
hlm But you will recolieci, thai the hair had
been severed from tus head tUeipe dGyg bft0re,
aud the magnetic fluid contained In u could on
) convey 10 hei perception a sensation of Ihr
patients then state, VIZ that of a dying MAJ,
which she certainly expressed in , very nncqur-
vocal manner. Nor let II be ~alledgel that this
was but lucky guess on her pait Tor con-
suited her al the same time on llr cases Of iWo
oihr, distant friends. through the medium OF
their hair, aud received proofs oi her intelligence
equally III IhtsnlR esl rclallN wheir, liom de
sortbtne he physical state OF one OF these per
sous, she made = sudden depression, 10 paint
some rats ~ his moral chai aciel- tfnits p,r-
'cCtly familiar 10 hIs irlcnds-w ilcii had Caught
her admiration.
During nv STAY q, Paris, | hal also frequent
opportunities Of seeing, at NJ Foissacs IN the
Iup Mpndoyi, II somnamhullsl OF the name al
Paul, wlo has the iacu'Iy ui reading wuh his
eyes shut /; m experiment which ! repeatedly ~.
vc,ugal Il and tullv verified, m, sell holding hos
cyc,Id1 himl, closed, whi'e various bbuks were
taken aud oP nfd u, random before hin, cut OF
! y hich he read nurntiv. ! ioibenr giving ihe
details III these experiments, because simIIar
ours. winch toGl place before the commune oil
, sestieatioa plaiolrd 10y the hoyai Academy
, Medicine. PARIS, have been recorded III The
! itcrnes
% two NJ anilts ago, Mr., Editor, | ioolishiy
m q. tbat nothing would even induce me 10
y thp NDndcr. related OF animal magnetism;
because piaooth. I .ud never serti III heard the
Ike: now, an fee 10 acknowledge, That there
may be moe flus,m heaven and railh, than
we've draaani 81 N my philosophy OF lalher,
a - Han aApI .ptll ia do i4fg = nh mo