Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-08
VERMONT, TELEGRAPH.
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~w mAGNETICALI AND PHRENOLOG.
IcAL DISCOVERIES.

rxU MAGNEEkCAn AN - A~-s-NN-> 1890
-" IcAL DISCOVERIES. -
Dear sir:-I beg you would allow me
he privilege OF offering few statements len
!, ,o,r columns. on a subject which ap.,
,,,r, TO me, Of surprising interest. and
s,. which seems now. to be receiving the
,r,o,ion Of the scientific throughout the
rord. In afording me this, privilege, it
"a be understood. Of course, that you as,
,ons no responsibility as to the remarks !
hall offer these must stand or fall on
heir own merits. and the reader, left 10
arm his own conclusions as he may feel
di,uO,ed, alter giving this communication
candid reading. -
The general desire among all classes Of
he community to read on this subject, in
doces me 10 believe that j. vii! crafty
your readers 10 see this communication in
YOUR columns, and, wthal, il may be the
means Of calling that attention 70 these
discoveries which will, in the end, place
heir claims on true basis, and expose
inposture. and whatever else may be found
connected with these subjects unworthy Of
confidence ia ,.,cr-r ..t,Ss,s E-a apr
For some fifteen years pasl | have CIV
en- my attention, more OF less to the study
d,he nervous system and have made
use Of all the means in my power for in,
vssgaiing the laws Of Human Physlolo-
~. NV mind was first interested in this
subject By seeing persons very strangely
affected under religious excitement. when
lhey were said 10 "lose their strength"
uad swoon away as in cases Of catalepsy
ID these cases / have frequently known
he litnbs and he entire system TO becom'
rrEccly rigid, and sometimes, persons
ave assumed 10 have visions, frances, eel
and | have kno wn them 10 lie in thistslatt
more than iortyteighl hours at one time. E
These, and similar phenomena, led me
10 suppose the existence sofaaws whlch
governed The Leryous. system, or sons
uh.r substance, identical with The liylns
human boly, which had not been under
Socl, and which afforded the only tru'
Ioandation which could be assigned 10
aav thing real watch has ever taken ptac'
under the name Of mesmerisn. Accord
iagly, about one yearagoy | determined Q
10 investigation. ofthis subject, tor The pa
rose Of sizing il 10 the bottom, and ascel
timing how faI,lhe nervous system con-
be Affected by the influence Of The huma
will. The results Of MY frs. cerebral e
periments wcrer published in The Ne
York Na.chman. IN the course OF .
mas, year. and excited the attention Of q
merous scientific gentlemen in this G
and elsewhere, many Of whom have
peutedlv sue gested to me the proPriety
furnishing an account Of them j" a '
ume. This design 10 do, as soon a
can find sufficient time for arranging
preparing the materials which | have
lrcted for this purpose, but for the pres
il must suffice. if may, by this comm
ication, excite others 70 the Investigation
This sutject, as its claims may be foun'
demand. a a0 isA Enc .MrE eAses
wish il 10 be distinctly understG
,ha, in making known these discover
illustrating ana proving. as ! am connie
,hey do, the science Of Phrenology
The Magnetic Nature Of Man. ! do not
Dose the ten thousand silly stories WI
have been put 10 circulation by the
mics or dupes Of mesnerism. The
suits Of my experiments have been
messed BY numbers Of medical and SC
ii6c gentlemen ia this city, and they
been performed uuder such a vast val
ofcircumstances. that cohesion was
gelhvr out Of The question, as the sub
ed testimonies are sufiicienl TO de-
slrate. tpJ eneg 81 sis"
These discoveries are so new, 80
derlul in their nature. aud, IN their c
quences. promise SO much in bsh'
Mental Science. that il is not TO pc
posed that.thsy will be admitted by
who do not use the necessary inca
satisfy themselves ofthcir truth
However, on reflection. II seems