Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-03-25

or among the wonders Of he heavens.
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NESMERlSM-IrS USE-The FOL.
lowing singular circumstance is rela
ted in the Augusta Chronicle ofihe IIth
inst. The author Of the communica-
ton, SAYS the Chronicle, has been long
and tavorahly known in that city as a
/ physician, anu his character for ycraci
! ~ is unqurSiIoned
! To The Editor Of The Chronicle.
The following circumstance, connect
ell with the subject Of Mrsmerism, came
under my persona! observation on Sat-
uroay morning last.
i was called TO visit son Of Mr. L
Spears, merchant OF our city, who.
was informed. had received severe in
curry oI-thc bow joint, from fall VIII T.
cunning; 1t was supposed To be ir, c.
'ure OF d'slocation. ! he lad is between
! twelve and Thirteen years Of age. When
! saw hIm, he was suffering cxcru, IL
/ ting pam; he joint was very much swoi.
len, particularly about tho internal con
! dyle OF the humGruS. lie could moi sur
! Ter the slightest motion. without crvinr
uut with paiu-and the arm could only
lie moved by being supported in the I'M
injured hand. nude several attempts
10 make the necessary examination To
astertaIn the state of the injured Joint,
but all my CtfIr's were fruItless, So IN
tense and insuPpor,a5le was the agony
whenever | touched or handled the ex
trcmi'y. finally told the bow, in a ioc
+ uiar manner, If he did not hold still and
| lot
tor the gentleman n the United States
iio'el, and have him mesneriZcd. His
| 'athrr reo!ied that he had mcsmariZed
MN himself on the previous evening,
AMI carried him through most Of the ex
PEI ImeI's performed by Mr. Learned. 1
Hnmcdale,y determined h test the maj.
ter IN this CaSe-and, without making
any Further effort to ascertain The nature
Of me inquiry, requested Mr. ). 10 place
MS son ia the meSmcrIc state. After
c"nSld rab' e hcSIla'ion-in consequence
OF douOIIng his power 10 succeed while
MS sou was suffering so intensely from
| Pan-he consented. The boy was placed
III convenient pc sure and the opera
ton IN Genccd. In the course Of fiji.
teeh MINUTES he became drowsy, and
'''N'f - . aS~aA-G9 VI ptllu disappear
ed In thirty minutes The mesmeric
sleep was cCmpIete-and, in three quar-
Iers OF an hour. we commenced our ey
! perlmenis. first desired the father 10
try the effect Of the mcsneric attraction
on the sound arm-he dill so, and the
limb lmmcI lately aScended. and follow
ed the arm ofthe mGsmcrizer in every
! direction. | then requested the same
experiment To- be made upon the Injured
arm and | must confess with doub,
and incredibly as to lhe resu t-and, To-
my utter astoniShmcni, with only TWO
deep drawn signs at the commencement,
the arm, that short time before, could
not be elevated without the assistance o
the other, assembled and followed the
/ hand oil the mesmeriZer, las in the former
case. | then toUk hold Of the injured
arm myself, examined il in every way
necessary to satisfy myself that it was
/ neIher Il fracture nor n dislucation bur
severe confusion Of the who'e Joint.
| with consider ble cXtTavasion OF blood
\ satisfaction IN such cases, as every
surgeon we'll knows, must require the
arm TO be turned and twisted IN various
directions before the diagnosis can be
relled uPon-but during the whole ex.
animation, he evinced no symptom Of
pain or Consciousness whatever. then
placed the usual banGale upon the i'm.
lured JOINT without disturbing The pa
tlent in the slightest degree.
Mr.. s, his lady aud myself, were the
on y persons present during the opera
/ ton but the circumstance was so aston
iShIng tu me, that ! could not consent to
have the by aroused without his being
seen by others. Several gentlemen
were then Elroduced-and other exper
In enls, conf rming those already rela
ted, were performed in their presence.
| When aroused, he was perfectly aston.
lshed that his arm was ban tagged, and
lmmed Ia e y placed the limb in the un.
/ injured hand as before.
I Without attempting TO account for the
phenomena, ] have given YOU PLAN
statement Of the facts as they occurred
As several contradictory versions Of
I the occurrence have been circulated, /
have deemed this communication pro.
er,that the actual facts may be known.
foars, very sincerely,
+. VI. ROBERTSON.
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