Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-04-25

! subject of Mesmerism, it does not hesitate 10 print q
without comment, coming rs it does from a gentleman OF
careful observation aud s%crupulous veraci;y.
!, Have YOU courage to give insertion TO the following
crs-, II Is 50 singular that | can hardly expect any on,
to receive II without considerable hesitation and yet. AS
am able to pledge myself TO Inc strict accuracy ii It's de
tails. and to the responsibility Of station and .igh moral
worth of the parties to whom II refers, | feel desIfous
that II should be widely kn2wn.
On Monday. the 2Jih December, masnelized Mrs
H. married lady, tweniy-eIghi years Of age. She
had been mag 1ciized at intervals during the preceding
year, altogether about fix times. | pom each occasion she
had manifested some degree of lucidiiv and in the only
instance where the experiment was tired, slc had an
swered readily To the action of my hand upon the various
phrcnological organs. On the present occasion, ] mag
net'xed her solely Tor the improvement of her health, as
she was suffering from weakness and n pam IN The breast
the result OF a confinement eight weeks back. In other
respects her health was good.
In less than two minutes from the commencement If
the marnetzing process, she passed into a state of som-
nambulism. then addressed her How do YOU feel :.
She made no answer. | repeated the question two or
three Times, without success but IN a lew moments she
exclaimed, with an expression Of great anguish, ''Oh,
pretty well, bat shall soon be d%readiully Ill
""hen shall YOU he i'll now, while YOU are being
magneiized = ono, IN two DAYS time.
AT wha: hour - Three IN the afternoon.
Can nothing lee done to avert it :" Nothing
causes "Natural causes ~
"Can you tell me any thing that can be done VIII
magnetism afford YOU service . Yes, II cannot avert
the attack, but 1t may do mnch good. IL VIII be a spas
mode attack, and after "A while II will extend 10 the
heart. The heart Will not be originally affected bat the
violence of the suffering will cause II To be Affected sym
palLetically. and there VII ihen be danger. Magnetism
may remofe this"
';And will it not remove the other suffering " NO"
Then, after a pause. she addcd-"It cannot remove them
entirely but | think ii may mitigate them.
al what time after the attack should commence the
magnetic passes 'in about half an hour
GLOW long will the attack Last From an hour To
an hour and a quarter. II Will he dreadfully severe, but
II will not prove fatal. shall have more OF them. l
have much suffering TO undergo"
when will the next attack take place - 81 cannot
"What description of passes should make on We'd
nesday, IN order to relieve the heart "Commonec
Just under the heart, and make long passes To the feet"
"During what time am TO continue them, -" About
back, if possible.
How long will it be before you cease to suffer from
VIII magnetism benefit YOU during that time; = Ma
ierially.
She still manifested much apprehension and anguish
"Comc, | said, 'You must not be sad. am sure That
You can bear pam with patience aud as 1t will all cnd
wei ,"" must no, give way to desp@ndeney
husband know what he will ,ecl.'
I now ceased speaking to her for IA minute or two; az
forwards, SAID, 'You must tell mo # You desire 10 say
any thing more, or if Won would rather sleep y IL
think YOU had better waken me."
! dcmagnelIzcd her accordingly. She awokc Instantly
and Gas on all former occasionsl totally UNCONSCIOUS oi
having uttered a single word. She sad, however, that
her head felt ms If She had been engaged in the most m
tense thought. To relieve this, maenctzed her agoin
for "A few minutes; and when she was again awakened,
she stated herself perfectly restored. then took my
leave previously agreeing with Mr.. IL. that no
ini'rnaion should be gwen to his wife of what had
passed.
On the following day I saw Nj. Ii when he
stated, that during The preceding evening has wiic had
cnloycd excellent spirits, md that she siill continued ina
satisfactory state. On the "Wednesday morning. he told
me that he had left her IN apparent, good health except
ing that she seemed ~ a stale of depression which almost
caused him 10 aprrchend that her prediction would be
verified. She was herself, however, fee from any anti
cpaIon Of owl.
IN the afternoon. proceeded to her house, Intending To
reach al about half past three, which according To her
prediction would be halt an hour after the commence
ment OF the allnck. the time nj which she had stated that
magnetism should be resor'ed To. Having, however, ht-
tie expectation that my services would bc required. (-ince
| was inclined TO regard her forehodings merely n the re-
suit of momentary sadnessO | did not pay any particn-
lar attention TO punciuailiy, aud II was twenty-five NM
uics 10 tour when arrived.
| found her extended ON "A sofa. in The seyercsi agony.
Her pam drew from her repeated cries, aud learned
that she had been seized with n violent spasmodlc alice
ton.
I immediately commenced making the passes below
the heart, which she bad directed during her somnambu-
Ism on the preceding Monday.
docs that give YOU relief "oh yes II greatly re
liovcs the heart"
] then raised her 10 4 sitting posture, and commenced
the passes across her back.
ooh that gives s,ll more rclef-t takes it entirely
away from the left side but the general pam remains
the same
She sank. apparently suffering most severely from al
tacks of pam ~ the cpisasirc region, which seemed To
threaten sufiocation. She began, however, after had
made a few passes. 10 experience zone short intervals 81
ease. During one of them asked, AT what anne Neie
you attacked s~-"Iialf an hour or hros-qpari'fso If a.
hour before YOU "A nearer three quarter, II an hour
.lNas II sudden ~ Quite. I W. in the s--n-r. and
was obi ,-ed 10 call one OF the servants To h'lp me Ia I'M
room. II seemed To suspend animation IN ahouitwef-
1, minutes or iaor.. II attacked my hrati ih' blood
seemed to FIJI my head, aud (; WIS much alarmed II
continued tll YOU CAME ny ~suherrgs we've d''ad'ul
but NOW the pam seems no longer 10 atii-cti The hc"f'
She sIll continued To experience paTeNA ~. Which !
I was only able partially Ia FfileAe. ~ intervals sic . y