Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-03-14

ected breas2" "No, Sir; it feels about as II mas
done for some time back" About 9uaI'st =,
an hour having elapsed since she WOKE, 'nsn
told her that, as we found her in proper s,a'e
for the operation, had performed IL ana una,
the breast was now removed. Sne eAplesSeu
her increduity-said was certainly lesuhS, %
il was impossible that il could have Deeh oone
without her knowing it al The lime, or ieehng any
thing of il now. She became convinced only on
carving her hand 10 the part and finding that the
breast was no longer there. She renamed dPPd-
rently unmored for a few moments, when her
friends, approaching TO congratulate her her iace
| became flushed, and she wert unafieclediy iof
some time The wound healed by The hrsl IN
tention.
In laying the above narrative before lhe pro-
fession, il is due 10 the cause oil ruin 10 S.dles
that it has been submitted 10 all me Pnysicidan'
present at the operation, and that l ah dWno'
rised by them TO say ha. it accords IN every par
tcular with their own observations so lar as
they were present | should also add that, hay
ing no other object in view than The establish
ment of the fact that surgical operation may
! be formed under such circumstances without tile
consciousness Of the patient, have deSisheuly
avoided any mention of the various ana in'eres,
ing mesmeric phenomena manifested prior duu
subsequently, TO the operation. These have been
carefully and ludciously recorded by MI hch-
rick whose well directed zeal has enabled nm
to collect body Of highly important lacls rom
field unfortunately explored TOO exclusively IN
ignorance and charatansm.
AUGUSTA, Ga, lst Feb, lSlo.
THE WONDERS OF MEsMERIsM.-lhe New
York correspondent of the National lnlellisencel
notices an extraordinary case OF the power ana
reality Of the mesmeric agency, as exhibited IN
New York, on the 10th, in The presence oil Doc.
tors Mott, Francis, Doane, Delaheld, Rogers ana
others; ali Of them men acknowledged 10 stand m
the front rank of their profession young iauy
of responsibility residing IN CHAMBERS s'ree',
while in The somnambulic state induced oy mes
merism, had a tumor removed from her neck near
the carotid artery. The mesmeriser and surgical
operator was DR.. Bertronnier, young man OF flne
abilities who has recently arrived from Paris
The subject submitted to the painful operation,
withouttbe slightest manifestation oiphysical pain
or shrinking-a serene smile PLAYING upon her
lips as the knife cut deep into the flesh Atterthe
oneration was ended, an apparent disposition 10
awaken from the magnetic trance, was lmmedi-
ately dspelled BY a few passes from The mesmeIi-
seTS hand
The eminent physicians who were present near,
" all Of whom came prepared 10 SCOT" regarded
one another in silent anazcment al me success
full close of the experiment As one uf The most
distinguished OF them remarked TO me, their looks
seemed 10 saw: shave we not disbelieved in these
,bipas 100 long?" The case was in all Of its de-
tails Of most convincing character. A full de-
scription OF i, duly authenticated, will soon be
published. Ii is likely TO rival in interest that IN
which the celebrated Cloquet OF Paris was the
operators who removed cancer under similar
circumstances, but where the operation was not
as strongly attesied as in the present instance
A profound impression has undoubtedly been
made upon the minds of our medical and scientl-
fic men BY this extraordinary incident, conflrma-
tory as il is OF the reality OF an agency in nature
the existence of which they have hitherto denied,
and the attemps 10 establish the truth Of which