, 1881-03-18
kHTlcS OF MESMERlzED PERSONS.

NttSitN NTbI(d' N'iiVS~ 'i ii9'
FNemIv SIKH street. The amphi
thrnter vas densrly cr"wdrd with
students and prrIrssurs when the
doc or entered the room accompan
led hy four young men who had con
sent-d Ia act as Su lects. DIR. BAN
iunud SAID ne proposed TO talk about
hypnuti. IN. The putting of persons
in a hypnotic condition, in which
they could ieel no pam, Was not IA
new experiment, he SAID, and claimed
II" originality III the matter. 1t WAS
first hruugh To the attention of the
world seventy or eighty years ago
by Mr.. Mesmrr, huI like many other
things introduced by non pro:rssion-
al persons, IL brought him more
kicks than half pence. The power
OF producing hypnotic c"ndIiIon
MAS in the individual suhjecIed, not
III The person VIM subjects. Only
Certain persons, however were amen
able Ia the rXperlmeu'; about TWO
IN every ten mrm and four III every
ten women. Persons could he put
IN "A hyiH"Iic condition through diff
frreul srnsrs; bu; siwple way. was
/" hold ii piece of glass before sub
jrct-giIss from chandelier, for III
> ancr-nnd he would PASS into Il
hypnotic state. THIS faculty was not
confined to men aud women, but eX'
lsrrd also Iu animals.
Last summer, continued DIR. Ham
m"nd, hypnouZed crabs at Fulton
Market. srr"krd d,zrn of them
aud soon had them all standing ON
thr!r heads. You could then have
clipped off their fins aud they wound
not have known il. Yon can hypmo
IiZ.. ii fr"g, aud Ialing him on his
Ia k on the palm of your hand, rip
hini open with paIr "i scissors, a"d
II won't hurt hun. Mr.. Brrgh might
Try To stop such AN experiment, al
though lhuk he haen'i the power
To- don't. | have hen here That went
rnrn ii hypnotic state Yesterday with
ont havIEg ANY thing put before her
In took AT.
Dr.. Hammond Ihcn took hen our
uf il bas aud pressed her head down
on rhe table She remained motion
,rss. He SAID hypn"rIsm WAS not il
good name for the condition he was
describing, "a IT was not an induced
sleep. hu. cundirinu capable nf he
inf r.f.crrd bv the mind "f another
-. ron. H.. suggested the word
which he had
wuI k"d uuJ with fear aud trembling.
as ,xpre-srmg tkr cnndI, "a "f agree
ing With some 'Iher peIsum's mind
Ii. 5. Gtay, II sigh, light haired
ynuug man wns then chosen from
among tie suhjrc,s l"r ih.- f'st eS
p-rimcnr. DR.. Hanmnnd held
piece nf glass before his eyes, and he
followed il around The room AS If il
were a magnet.
''Ynu have read Of serpen,s charm
ing brr,ls," said DIR. Hanmnnd. ''lI
Is the same princirle as this. Til
ghrterirg eyes of Serpen's hypnotize
the birds
Look here" he continued, brings
in" IA bottle quickly tn The suhj"c''~
face. Here is II pretty girl. Ask
her 10 taGr walk with yuu."
Gray "aZ~d at the bottle with al
miratinn, aad encircling it srrutted
mp amd down The room, requesting of
his imaginary companion the pleas
ure oi an extended promenade. DIR.
Hammond ran needle through
GrnN'S skin aud left it sticking in
his had. hut Gray was wrapped up
IN the Young girl. That's not a
Young girl" exclaimed DIR. HIM
m"nd, taking the bottle frnm hun.
dts an old woman rs years old, If
she's a da:."
Gray rrcnil"d quickly and a look
of intense disgust overs, ,,rpad his
FEATURES. He was nrxr given II sIic,
of lemon Ia eat, heing told that il
was II t'inrlda strawberry. He pro
nnumrrd il excrllrnt and then
munrhrd piece If aloe, which he
was iulurmcd VAS ch"cniatr caramel.
with .r"ai relish, A sulpher mattel,
b'ii " "a il'pNt. III.
Hammond said that il was Cologne
that hr WAS smelling.
Its first rate Cologne" answered.
Gray, "alrh"ugh it's pretty strong -
Ammonia was laced tn his nus-
Iril~ aud b" Mas informed that il WAS
water. He poured some on his
ha"ds, smrll"d the liquid and said it
waS undnuhtrdlv water.
There IS man over there who
says Won don't speak the truth" re
marked DR. H:.mmnu,l
"W-lI, I'll just settle him in abonr
two minutes," replied Gray, and
tearing IF his coat and vest he rush
ed across The room and tried To uer
at student who had been painted
out Ia him. Y ung DIR. Hammond
caught him just III lin" tn prevent
an assault, and the Young man WA
brought back into his normal cnndi
ri"n. He said be- did not rememb.l
eating ur removing his coat.
The glass MAS put before Danic
WughI's eyes, aud his face at ono,
! A., b..,l ,,J Il.