The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-05

E..sN~s 18th A~ IN the h,vbos
pussc position was possible to att.n,he champion
snip or England William Perry beter known a. TIL
ntion Sasher, then held the champions belt and h,
challenge OF sayer was regarded, even by his owr
friends, as presumption The "Tpton Slasher'' was
man who had fought Oft aud successfully In the ring III
was over six feet In height l7s lbs In weight aud mos
powerfully built They met on The 10th June, 1855, and
the science and activity Of ayers enabled him TO gain
over Bill Benjamin (twce), Tom Paddock and Bob Bret
tlebe two latter ranking in the first class Of pugisss
His height Is only feet 81 inches, and weight ib2 lbs
and remains TO be seen whether his pracnsed science
AID experience will avai him against the American
champion.
Our Paris Correspondence.
PARw, Dec 10, 1859.
Hspwo6,m--lmpossws Medical Discovery.
Three winters ago table turning and tipping wore the
treat source Of amusement and Investigation In the gay
A we'll a the scientific world Of Paris That Immense hum.
bug having however, been pretty well used up Paris
has now got hold Of something eise which, uniting the
scientific with the amusing, and gratifying curiosity and
the Of the marvellous promises become a. popular
q the turning table did, and there ID reason TO believe
will be attended with important and beneficial re.
suits. :
The medical faculty OF Paris are now earnestly engaged
In experimenting upon method Of anesthess which
promises, 70 certain extent to do away with the use
Of choroform in surgical operations and ~ the system
has been introduced and the experiments are now being
made by regular physicians and surgeons high stand
Ing the statements OF the results not ouy Of interest,"
but entitled to great respect The new mode OF producing
sleep and nsonsiby consists In pscnga small brilliant
object before Of the person upon whom the ex
ment TO DO made few inches before the root of the
90 tina. the patient cannot regard without squirting
The eyes being fixed upon this object, the pupils mmcd
ately commence contracting, but afterward date
and IN min N otat cf
produced 90 that the limbs Of the patient being raised or
hent in any position, remain fixed as they are placed
Ths however, only the most unimportant portion of
the phenomena produced Insensbilty to pain ensues
during which surgical operations may be performed with.
out the knowledge Of the patient and without the exhibit
ton OF as much sgh Of sensation az is usually exhibited
under the influence Of chloroform. Doctor Azam OF
bordeaux, and b. Brocca, OF Paris, the first call
the attention Of the faculty TO these extraordinary facts
The celebrated surgeon Vepeau communicated them to
the Surgical Society," and recommended that experiments
should be made as they have BEEN by NJ vepeau Fol-
ln Verneui, faure, Trousssau, Denonviers, Neaton,
Azam Robin and other surgeons in the various hospitals
OF Paris Hypnotsm Is the great subject OF the
day, and having witnessed the experiments referred 70
below, a. the Hospital Neckar and the Hotel Dieu
vouch for the perfect accuracy Of their description
The following description Of the already expert
mened upon, translate from the GazeHe des Hopiaup
The irst case mentioned is communicated by NJ Procca
to the Surgical Society. The first subject says tho Ga
sete, was woman twenty four years OF age, who had
large burn her back and lower limbs with large and
very painful abscess. Exhausted by pain and besides
very obstinate this dreaded very much the open
ing OF the abscess. She was told that she be put
to Sleep little copper cylinder placed distance
OF fifteen centmetres (between five and six nshes) in
front Of the root OF the The patient order fix
her eyes upon this object was Obliged to squin strongly
already rapid at first slightly accelerated. but inme
diatey afterward became much more feeble and much
slower AT the end Of two minutes the pupils commenced
dlate and the left ARM raised almost perpendicuiarIy
above the bed, remained liked In that position In less
than four minutes the responses were slow and almost
Mo eho
and quick At the end Of five minutes NJ Folln prckcd
the skin Of the left arm, which was still remaining in
was unnoticed by the patient The right was
placed in the same position as the other, and
the soscess was uncovered the patient making no
ing to hurt her At tho end OF minutes from the
commencement Of the experiment, n Foln opened the
abscess low cry, which continued less than second,
the only sign Of reaction which the patient gave
There was not the slightest quiverng in the muscles Of
the face the mbs and the two remained as they
position for several minutes afterward Two minutes
after, the position was still the same the eyes wide
ess the pulse before the experiment. the respir
perfectly free, the patient remaining nsensibe The lett
heel was raised and remained suspended in the air. and
H. Brocca now took away the copper cylinder, which
all this time had been kept before the eyes Of the patient
upon which the patient moved slightly and asked II
anything had been done TO her. 70 which she replied,
that she knew Of nothing Up to this time the three
them Another puncture was made upon the len sxm,
which the patient did mot perceive. l3 =
Eighteen minutes after the commencement Of the ex-
pertinent, and twelve minutes after the operation
completed, the eyelids were rubbed and blown upon
again. upon which the patient awakened almost Instantly,
and the rigid limbs fell at The patient rubbed her
eyes and became perfectly sensible She remembered
nothing which had occurred and astonshed TO hear
Certain point Is compsrsSe 70 that Of persons coming
out Of ordinary anesthetic Sleep but tho waking was
much more prompt and without agitation or loquaciy
tnoa
minutes.
The same patient was placed second time in hyp.
motto condition, which reached rapidly than
before At the end Of two minutes the placed
in cataleptic state, and the patient did not feel the
puncture Of pins which were made 10 the right arm The
waking, which was spontaneous, was prompt and no new
features were manifested.
Another patient, Annie F., aged nineteen years,
operated for lachrymal tumor, now nearly cured
was put times under the influence OF hypn0tsm This
was the first woman upon whom Messrs. Brocca and
Fon had studied the effects OF this curious phenomenon
In the four experiments the results the same spa
tula placed about five inches before and above the
eyes,
condition Of the limbs, sleep with snoring and complete
nsensbly to the pricking Of pins and pnchng of the
skin. feather introduced into the nosri awakened no
sign Of feasibility. This patient awakened by slight
ctons and blowing Of cold air on her eyes In the last
experiment with this patient, at the moment when the
sleep commenced, H. Foln softly closed the eyes,
the phenomena Of catalepsy and insensbilty still con-
nued minutes During her sleep the patient had
but very confused Idea Of what was passing around her
She thought she felt the surgeon touching her, but had
experienced no pain.
Two attempts at hypnotism were made by Messrs.
Azam and Folin upon young girl Of eighteen years,
who had foot The results were not 30 satisfactory
in the preceding cases. but each time the patient exPe
renced noticeable slackening Of the pulse, slight caa
leptc condition and partial nsensiblity. ASA
Two other experiments followed by very positive re-.
SUITS were made the 9Th Of December by Or AZam.
With the rst young the cataiepsy commenced at
the end of q minute and half, and at the
end OF two three minutes the cataopey and nsen-
sbity complete. The woman was insensble TO the
pinchngs and punctures and was seated on chair ner
raised the fingers spread apart the le leg raised
from the Goor-n in very tresome position At the
end Of Eve minutes she was awakened.
Upon another the nssnsiblity was complete It
the end Of two minutes but instead OF the caaeptc
dion being produced, there was muscular weakness
which made ii necessary support the patient Aza
gently lowered the eyetds and removed the spatua
which before her eyes, The patient remained insen-
sble during several minutes, and could probably have
been kept longer in that condition She was equally with
the others nsensbe 70 the prickngs and pnchngs and
dckngs OF the nostrls and the soles Of the feet and
upon waking she had no knowledge Of what had taken