Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-10
NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER TO- 1887

door opened it, and applying the point Of his great
to The extremity OF the occygs Of Dr. Won Schurke
lifted HIM half way the street. with the power of
the impulse, and returned into the room. Applying in
the same manner his finger TO the nasal of
MI Moat, one OF the most active members Of your
nittee, he through the same process with the ex
cepton OF the kick, the absence of which he Supplied
by slap with the open hand upon the pit Of the
mach which caused Mr.. Moat eject all the food he
had eaten during the day. In the mean time your re-
porter was happy enough discover back way, by
which IN the company Of DR. Jephson of bennington,
| another member OF your commiuee) by claiabering
over several walls ne effected his escape. In all
ceeding meetings OF your committee DIR. Won Schurke
has been accommodated with ar-cushion his chair
and has worn sticking plaster his nose which
nearly separated from his face Mr. Moat has
gam made his appearance being convinced that, along
with his breakfast and lunch, he vemted large por
| ton Of his intestines
| but leaving this and several other experiments,
which produced no magnetic results whatever, go
on to those cases in which perceived, though a
slight degree the presence of the magnetic power But
mere again remarks shall be cursory as
not certain that the effects proauceo altogether
accountable on some other hypothesis According to
the plan we had laid down. referred the English
translation Of the Partisan Report and page 122
found two or three instances stated of the pulse having
been reduced MANY beats by the manipulation and on
one or two occasions headache (cephalagia and
vous pain (neuragia being sensiby diminished In or
der 10 verify these effects, several persons
netized who were suffering from rheumatic pains In
one instance on the third day. the pain removed from
the shoulder to the ebow-oa another, the Baron mani
pulaed person aborng under toothache, while her
tooth was being extracted by the dentist after which
there recurrenceof the twingcs The case, how
ever, IN which the strongest effect produced with
out being decidedly magnetic, the following A
gentleman, who travelled all the way from Exeter
the outside OF the mall arrived about eleven o'clock
at night in house where Dr. Won Schurke was at sup
per- The gentleman complained OF headache and ia
gue, and the Doctor recommended him broiled chick
EN- with some hot P.iaoes, pint Of Burton ale, and
two glasses of warm brandy and He then made
him lie down the sofa and began his manipuations
and in about minutes and half the magnetic power
was great that the gentleman fell sound asleep and,
on waking next morning had no remains OF his head
ache
The third resolution of the French Report, is the
effects are frequently produced by ennu by monoony
| by the Imagination 1876
d" With regard to the two former causes we made
rous experiments which corroborated them in the
| ample manner We availed ourselves Of apublc meet
| ing at which the celebrated Mr. Joseph Hume and va
rious others expected to address the assembly
DIR. Won Schurke placed himself in the gallery and pro-
ceeded TO magnetic the whole of the crowded meeting
| Before Mr. Hume had spoken twenty minutes, the
nui and monoony in combination with the magnetic in
fuence produced the effects stated in the French
| port. There universal drowsness and inattenon
which ended in ten minutes in profound sleep
And prove that these not entirely the effects of
| magnetism but of the specified above, there
were gentlemen in the assemblage perfectly deaf
| who kept their eyes open the whole time
1--WE wish to be perfectly in every thing we
advance and think right explicitly what are the
conditions stated both by Baron upotet and Dr. Won
Schurke-of the magnetic influence The first condition
Is that the magnetzer shall impress his own mind with
strong desire TO magnetic; and the second condition
is that the recipient shall impress his mind with strong
desire be gnczed, II results from these two cond
tons that the imagination occasionally have very
powerful effect DR. Won Schurke goes further than
the French philosophers, and maintains that IL is the will
| alone which gives efficacy to the manpulatons,-that
is that the soul is the possessor of the magnetic proper
ties, and by strong voluntary effort ejects portion of
them through the external skin. He maintains that the
| same manipuations, il unaccomPanied by powerful
irish to magnetic would be perfectly nefiective and
that in where the will is strong enough il needs
nterventan of the external organs render itself
perceptble but produce its effects distance from
the patient in another room. aud in a different
quarter OF the world: This will more properly come
under the fourth head, to which proceed.
"The greatest triumph of animal gnetsm in the
aminations at Paris the Of Paul villagrand
student OF law-born Magrac Laval in the year 1903
who had been under medical treatment for attack Of
paralysis for upwards of seventeen months. Your
mtee think it right lay analy sis of this be-
fore you il in verify its principal features that
the extraordinary effects about to detail
under observation. When the magnetic treatment
began under the direction of M. Fouquier in charge Of
the Hospital de la Charlie, Pauls inrmitcs very
considerable. He still walked upon cruches being
unable to support himself the left foot The Of
the side indeed, could perform several motions but
Paul could not lift his head He scarcely with his
right eye and very hard Of hearing with both
and besides all this there evident symptoms disco.
verable Of hyperrophy Of the heart He magne.
zed frequently in the hospital with other effect than
involuntary sleep and power Of prescribing the mode
Of treatment efecunl for his But this
degree magnetic possession attended with such
sautary results that he away his crutches and
walked back to his ward climbing up great number Of
steps without assistance. NJ. Foissac, however, THE
magnetzer determining TO carry his experiment far
possible, procured his dismissal from the hospital
| and with the treatment in Paus lodgings. His
strength during the manpuatons eaty increased
and his confidence in the system grew strong that he
renounced all medical treatment and begged to be kept
in magnetic sleep from the 18th December To the ST Of
January. During this sleep he Of the house
Of NJ Foissac and walked and alsng the street with
firm and assured step, and his return he carried
with the greatest facility, of the persons present
whom he could scarcely have lifted while awake. On
the 2th OF January the French committee accompanied
NJ Fossac. Paul to sleep, and finger applied
each Of his closed eyes card taken random from
the pack was Immediately named by Paul While his
eyes held by M Segalas, volume was placed to
his stomach: He read upon the tlepage Historic de
France and wherever il was opened he could read il
perfectly. He recognized the figure of Napoleon and
read on slip of paper the Of Macmillan Robes.
| pierre which the gentleman who drew up the report
/ wrote at the moment The deductions from this case
are found in page 1863.
| - patient, whom rational medical treatment by
Of the most distinguished practitioners of the capital
could not Of paralysis found his from the ad.
minstration Of magnetism, and in consequence Of fol
lowing exactly the treatment which he prescribed for
| himself when in a state Of somnambusm.
/ 90 In this state his strength remarkably in
| creasd