The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-08
NTPSO TISM.
Dr. Hammond's Interesting Experiments
Before the Students of the University
Medical College.
From the New York Herald.

| Before the Students of the University
Medical College.
From the New York Herald
Some seven hundred medical STU
dents assembled III the lecture hall of
the University Medical College II few
DAYS ago and listened to lecture on
"Hypnotisn," by DR.. William S.
Hammond. Mcsmcl ism has been in
the hands of Quacks and claria an,
| said DIR. Hammond. For long tine
there was ali impression that animal
magnetism had much to do with it,
but that was one of the false ideas that
had crcpt in through ignorance.
don't claim anything for mcSmerism.
1 am simply testing it like many 9TH
crs. think about two men in eight
would prove good subjects and about
| tour women III the same number. It's
Influence, arc not confined III and
| women; animals are liable 10 il and
make good subjects. / operated not
long ago on d lot OF crabs in Fulton
Market. Frogs are capital subjects.
You can take frog and put him IN
der this influence and turn him OIL his
back. Now, of all the things in the
world frog dislikcs it is being laid
on his back. Well, when frog is in
this condition you might take a scis-
sorS, cut him open, and he will show
no sign OF the operation.
DR.. Hammond then experimental
with hen, putting her under the ILL
flucncc by holding her head top few
seconds SO that her eye rested on q
piece of glass, and the hen rolled over
and was inscnsiblc. After some turtll.
rr explanations DR.. Hammond intro
duced il human ,bicct.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.
He drought forward Mr.. Howlcy
and sai'hm in chair fronting the All.
d!cncr. lie then held before the gen.
tlcnan's eyes Il small glass ball. and
| after little delay the subject seemed
to hr completely abs' rbcd in the CON.
; tenn lat,nn ofit. Turning again TO the
students DR.. Hammond said: "You
see l begin in the way scrpcnts charm
birds. The scrpcnly tnstcn their s,ccly
eyes on those of the birds and tascinatc
ihc poor things until they fall an easy
! prey. Now You will see in u minute
how this young man will follow tho
ball wherever it grcs.' And so he
did. Whichever way Dr.. Hammond
moved the bail the Young man wen,
after it. Nothing stopped him. Chairs,
/ tables. doctors, stood in his way, bu,
! he stumbled over them or by them
and kept on after the ball with lis
eyes rivctetl on it as if his very life
, depended on his getting as near it a.
possible. Suddenly DR.. Hammond
hid it and told him it waS gone. Ht
stopped. dazcd. and looked rs if haC
lost something very precious. Will,
he was in this state he was handed :
bottle of soda wafer and told it was {
vcung lady. He took the bottle i'm hi.
arms and immediately began to make
love TO it. He caresscd it and sale
tenderly, "MSill you have me? Do.
love You dearly. Oh. do have me-
AS he walked up and down DR.. Ham
! mond took lance and stuck the blade
! into the flesh Of the Young mars hand
telling him it was q bouquet, and tn,
Young man admired the imayinar,
flowers, showing no SYMPTOMS o
pain. Suddenly lie was told that tn,
) bottle was all old woman, sc,cntv-tivt
years Of age, and he quickly dropped
it, exclaiming, II don't wait to hav,
anything to do with her" lie Ate
lemon for strawberry, and asked 90,
more; stripped OF his coat and made
dash for man he was told had call
ed him liar; w0ltZcd, sang, cried
smelt water. and said it was "beauti
t'nl cologne" and proved himself al
utterly plant subject
The next subject was Mr.. Davit
Wright, who accepted a book for =,
bird and sang the "Swcet BY and BY
to 1t. When told it had escaped
through the hall he made rush for il
among the students as if they had no
been present. lie made frantic effort,
to climb pillar and was furiousl\
| pursuing the bird when called bat K
lie preached rs an orthodox clergy
man, then as a colorcd minister
changing his accent and his manner ns
quickly as tho order was given to him
and did number Of other things
much to the amusement and astonist
mcnt Of the audience. The next sub
!iect, q Mr.. Wilson, acted Macbeth
reading tho vision scene with roof
effect; preached. told funny stories
said he was Colonel Bob Inrcrso,. re
peating parts Of that gcntleman's lee
lures; got drunk OH water, rolled |,