Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-11-27
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM TRIUMPHANT OVER
HUMAN SUFFERING.


Of mssnee phenomsne. had been waiting to soc II re.
port the about present the Public in brief,
would not have been forth coming from other witness
OF the faefs But, none such appearing and. being in
formed TOR have not tho Wing eonisinns D that
you have avdiy for resed by Mag
nssm insonueh thst you have treated your readers
piece Of dull wit from Cat Doctor. who
tends to have cured patient citizen, presume. Of good
standing In this city. named Mouscr. neither lawyer
editor professor. however "a respectable cizen OF
. useful very .rstocrsticsl, caArr-by Mesmerisn
To obvc then any unavorable impression which might
DO prodseed from further delay. aud crafty your desire
for proof" that be operated upon in the Mar
noe Sleep without pan shall proceed report to you the
case of William Hog patient, certainly inferior in
usefulness, dignity aud not quito 30 elegant
the whoeo treatment you have honored with place
In your columns!
On the night Of the Goth November Mr. De Bonneville.
Class was convened 10 witness tho excelsior Of
heshy umor from the left forearm Of William Iogg Of TIN.
city gocdly number Of also in
visitors the occasion thus constituting an assembly
Of about on hundred parsons In which gentlemen
ieror TO none In this community for good standng in
teeriiy Of principle. and ectabliiy"
Before proceeding 10 the operation, some experiment.
were performed upon Mr.. X s. member Of class .f.
ter which tho patient invited forward be experiment.
cd upon In . similar manner lie told to place the
hagsrs OF his two hands together end end. Having
complied with this request he was invited by Of the
Impany TO separate them lie made strong ue.r
effort TO accomplish IL. While inind thus engaged
Mr. DE Bonneville seized opportunity throwing him
into the Magnetic Sleep. His called by the au.
dence but he did not respoDd though he
soto roes Of his Magnere The organ VI Beucvolenee
was then excited which he dvcsted himself Of hi,
presented IL to Mr. De Bonneville. Complaining
of heat he advised roll up his shirt sleeves which
he did with as much sang f'oid preparing cut up
a"whole hog" instead OF being himself dis.ected. All
things being ready Mr. Dc Bonnie vile deepened the
sleep by applying his "thumb poles
tho centre OF the cheek bones below the eyes The
feet OF this dei'aon wa. the development Of fact
y that the patient could longer hear the Of
MsgnctIsr. Doctor Thomas being invited forward by
Doctor Hendee no examined the pulse, found IL 100
by the watch but after the inraorbitar digaton rose
10 $50, al which u continued during the eacision after
which Il declined 49, and finally subsidized TO 80 when
the dressing finished.
The tumor dssecied out by DR.. Hendree assisted
by Dr. Mills &c, in minute, when q surface OF near.
y palms breadth denuded. In The e1eision nerve
which branched from the sound parts the
was divided this caused start unattended however, by
consciousness, proved by facts deve
Hoped At this stage OF the operation the patio had vi
IDENTITY passed from the natural sleep supcrnduced by the
dgishon into the simple magnetic sleep evnccd by his
conversational gaiety with Mr. De Bonneville, with whom
and spoke about hi. sister, of the
water he ENTHUSIASTICALLY drinking his COMFORTABLE
TEsLSs. and forth After spong,ng and taking up an
artery, three sutures were nsred by which TO approx
and retain opposition the marginal surfaces the
wound adhesive strips then applied, with light
compress and bandase the arm into sling. and his
coat adjusted over the whole. The occupied in the
eAcision and dressing less than fifteen minutes
While Dr. Hendree dressing the wound, his head
inadvertently touched the patient hind the left eur upon
iny ,sn.ct which ,.,. hox.y., ns,,,,I, J;.,IIJ 49,
touch Of Mr.. De Bonneyies forehnger upon Benevo-
Al ths angles os ,h, ,non,, Which, c.n..J hin, m Isnh
with considerable glee.
The operation being finished. the patient continued sit
nbave The A ~, M m. ,oo,n A, ,bi. cs NJ, po r..
vile placed candesek in the patients hand, and retiring
few PAGES directed his attention the epigastrum and
with sharp quick voice. pronounced the word Awake
In few seconds Ina onepsd ~. .y.s 9TH s,,,, =, r.
alarmed and threw the candle rom him win n ;.,t 10
colecn himself he nrocecdcd 10 eY,min, win sn,n
the style of his dress which did moi s.em q, harmony.
with hi, idealy or memorv of former tbry. Ohse,yio,
this Mr. Dc R,one xiIo ,on;.,I, connected H., .. h.
had thought il necessary 10 6I hi, arm so 10
The operation le.t hi, de,eruipato, sI,ould f.I him
lie teped that he had come ON nurno. IN have The o,.
ration M, aud tbs. n, nd no No, of i,, 90,
.wcl that ia rieh, sad Mr. Do r. "wouId vnn ILe -
have IL done now1,' ITO he sure I vouId I" V.,v
good then get pon this h. nroceedod IN unn;n
the sleeve OF hi. coat tbs done bo threw the sng ever
his head and rolled up hi. shirt sleeve to the lei, elbow
when to his a.onishmen t he found his aim
lie about loose IT, but was told not to do SO as the
tumor cut out and the operation finished Though
the exciescence HIM. some minutes
before he could be persuaded piece Of pork
brought there deceive him, but had indeed formerly
constituted part OF William Hugg He declared, that he
unconscious the whole matter detailed him and
may be supposed, very grai6ed result
Bat he were unconscious why did he start when the
nerve was divided No Professor distinguished for his
Science" nor "diseipe," acquainted with the physiology
Of the system (Which, by the way very impeT
ecdy understood by the opponents OF Magnetism aud by
Msgnetists themselves perfectly but much better
h.y) would argue the consciousness cf the patient from
this fact No acquainted with Sir Charles Bells dis
coveries would be loss solve this gu sion lie has
shown that there distinct nerves. distributed from
ccrebrum cerebeum and spinal column the muscles
Tor sensation notion &c Those are found IN their course
in the same neurlcna Divide the motor twig motion II
be lost but sensation will continues or divide tho
branch, aud motion will continue but sensation will be Lost
in tho parts below the DIVISION Ia the latter case motion
continues tsifhouf sensation in the pa,f mo-
ton proof OF consciousness Of pain. Furthermore
may be irritaed so as to cause convusye
muscular contraction without the subject being conscious
even Of the notion although no division shall have been
made Of any twig contained within the nervous sheath
This is illustrated by the excitaton Of tie nerves Of dead
body by galvnnc shocks; II will tart will great violence
but 10 this phenomenon shadow OF proof that tho corpse
conscious Of either motion paint The truth is that
in before u.s. the Magnetic principle oyerchargod
or oppressed tho sensorun or organ Of
seated probe bly, in the region Of the third vontrc us 10
suspend and the action OF tho voluntary nerves.
involuntary motion might still be physically produced with
out consciousness by irritating the nerve with the knife in
cutting or by touching tho poles of nirbfuness or the