Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-02-29

N. nerves are there more or less no n..ar
ans in proportion 20 the weight ~ Amid
unon which the willcharged nervous
has to act. .;, although
the terminus Of the nerves MS !. hut
ING tho cause Of motion ana n;r;, that
I'LL. within it. surrounded by suIt hv
as.enc.. which links him to mattel au r.;n
10 medium of which he acts upon I.o and
M. = The mesmeric theory in Its ia'sss
-, i.vclopments. We have e'o ~
"a - live Il in language as clear amh
uI;e;, IS subject 80 subtle and me.a ;pm -
pI oil, admit of: not so much seeAME
CO. -" - in a philosophical shape Us III q
poPWU. Nv. ,,;il now glance at the manner ="
W., VIZ WI. ,sr;.m avails itself OF this hyPo'
wh.cn aan,n. and also how it exercises
.netIcs, functions upon tho viii and
l ns snnnosing this fuidnl medium OF
oouy ..;on 20 exist. We have shown, adopt
mo- this theory, how the vii! moves matter
An eye.lid, an arm, leg. the whole BODY;
that it moves it by q series Of motion arc
not by contact, and VIC have snow" ~
this motion originates in, ana oy 81 ~ :; =
the mind, and by undulatory sioratons :.
communicated to matter. we ASSET nc. .l:s
eyery healthy brain Is charged WIN III, t
80. sen,;cnt fluid, and that it is by the
49,, OF the force Of the will by
~ 4 that man moves his own body,
n nJ .he m rts of It as he wills, and ,chither
Ia will. But we do further assert that man
10. The mower of cxerting an influence by
HI. will. extraneous from bimself,-with-
ont or beyond his own bodily sphere that
ba can move matter which is not in contact
With hi. nerves, by an effort or successive
efFort Of his will; in fine, that he can exert
his will over the nervous system Of another
nereon. ns lift were identical with, and part
and parcel Of his own.
This is a startling assertion. Let US ex'
anime It carefully and refectingly, and we
shall understand it, subtle and marvellous
=. II appears. It ia we'll known that the
two ends ofa recently severed nerve II neia
near together attract and cohcre.. ms
proves clearly the existence OF attractive
influence, either inherent in the nerve, or
accidental. That it is not inherent IN the
substance, has been proven by the fact that
after some time exposure, this attractive
quality disappears; it must therefore DC IN
cidental. and transient; and mesmeric PM
iosophy very properly refers It 10 the inv's''
hle Aud OF which It is the conductor
Subsequent experiments, have fully estao,
,ished The correctness of this hypothesis, and
proven to the satisfaction Of science that
fluid not only exists. but that it is highly
magnetic, and hence mesmeric phhoso'
phers have demominated it ''magnetic
Auid."
Its magnetic property having been clear
Nv established, and the nerves fully ascer
tanned to be the sentient matter upon when
it acts, distinguished German physician
and philosopher in 1868, commenced
course Of interesting experiments, when
fully proved to him, as he had anticipated
that the nervous system Of an individuai IN
a low state Of health could be Influenced
by the vigorous nervous power emanatne
from that Of healthy person; and tina
through the eye was the outlet OF the oiai'
through which the surplus nervous fluid 0
the healthy brain escaped, u forced 0y M
piN. He aseertained the eye poweriuii.
cneroized by fthe will, if directed to tn
brain Of the other, changed the whole &C
were, opay from the avenues to its Owl
senses. closing them to the external worl'
and presented itself like sthe sun.hower t
the SUM-" to receive sensation, life, ligh.
thought anu motion iIona s"o osio" va
OF the other, which for the time being con
trolled its own peculiar medium Of sensa
ton and will He discovered that the per
son influenced by him in these experiments
no longer used her own senses. but his :
that she felt. thought. tasted. moved
spoke, wept. laughed, and suffered will
him. Astounded with these discoveries
he communicated them to two of his friend
one Of whom was the celebrated DIR Mes
mer. 1t is already we'll known what us
this acute man made of this discovery: on
Of the most extraordinary of the age or o
the world, and destined to be productive o
tho most important results to mankind.