The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-01-13

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Wonderful Somnambulis,
Distinguished PlysGS,cheh Tor ~

| "VhucrIul SOInnRmbuliSln, t4
Distinguished PhysssssMI0e h Tor ~
A remarkable illustration of the
velous phenomena of hypnotism is given
in full in the following hitherto unre-
ported case of repeated stigmatization
by auto-suggestion during induced sleep,
as given by DR.. Mabule, the Medical
Directorin-Chie of the Asylum Lefond,
near La Roche, France: nh
"On the 9TH Of last month at nv visit,
about quarter-past eight o'clock in
the morning, in the presence of Dr..
Ramadier, associate physician of the LIE.
fond Asylum, and NJ. Chauvelot, inferno
of the service, plunged v. Zone of the
patlents) into the somnambulistic state,
and, wishing to combat the insomnia
with which he had lately been suffering,
| said to him: This evening near eight
o'clock you will say to Ernest, the
guardian of your ward: Put me
to bed. am in need of Sleep
You will 60 to bed. and precisely
at eight o'clock you will go to sleep,
and you will sleep until five. o'clock to-
morrow morning. During your sleep
you will hear nothing, see nothing and
feel nothing. Do you understands v.
answered in the affirmative. That even.
ing at 1857 o'clock, while walking in
the courtyard and conversing with 9TH
er patients, he stopped suddenly, his
eyes became fixed. and several slight
spasmodic contractons passed over his
face. He passed into the hypnotic
rather, that intermediary condition dc.
scribed by M. Dumontpallier-and 90.
ing to the guardian of the ward he re.
peated the exact words dictated by me |
in the morning. He was put to bed, |
and precisely at eight o'clock he fell into
a deep slumber.
.'From this moment it was impos.
slble for me to awake him, because he
could neither feel, see nor hear any
thing. Pressure upon the hysterogenic
zones had no effect, but in a short time
the patient commenced spontaneously
to go through the series of experiments
to which he had previously submitted at
my hands. He pressed his eyes with his
fingers as had done to produce leth-
argy; opened the lids as in inducing
,atalepsy; rubbed the top of his head, as
though trying to induce hypnotism.
..He then commenced the following
'olloquy, initiating my voice in the
questions and answering in his own
1oice: DO you hear me?' Yes. sir,
Give me your arm Yes, sir Now,
T., quarter of an hour after you
wake there will be a V on your arm at
ne place where l now mark it Che
marked the imaginary V on his fore
rm), and this V will bleed. Do YOU
!ear? want you to understand. that
hat V must bleed!' Yes, sir w., count
en-, and wake when you get to SEVEN
che counted the numerals up to seven,
e started, rubbed his eyes as though
Weakening, but more slowly proceeded
nth the eight, nine, ten; but he remained
sleep, as was proved by heavy snoring
'hlch Immediately followed his wonder.
IL exhibition. About a quarter of an
our after this self-conducted dialogue :.
!. went into the peculiar, crisis which We
ave noticed in him after a suggested
igmatization. When it was over we
Samined thearmand found the V which
had traced in his Imagination, and it
as covered with blood This V was on
e same spot where [ have previously,
the ID, produced. a stigmatism in the
essence of Drs. Barth and Delarue.
his same series of phenomena were re-
'ated thrice during the night, the pa
mt holding the some discourse and the q
suit being the same each time. "
cat five O'Clock precisely V. awok, g
thout knowing that he had been o.
leep, but convinced that he had r.,
en- employed in the garden Of
Q asylum, gathering flowers.
ere,, then, we have a case, OF
morrhagic stignatization produced
thout Intermediary, and BY auto
question during induced hypnotism, F.,
stlgmata being in the place of old stig-
'tlzations induced by me on former
oasions. Drs. Ramadier and Chau.
let watched through the night with me Z
d witnessed this remarkable exhjbi.
M ~ ~ $500
It would be easy to relate several H
Ter instances almost as remarkable as ~ I,
use given above Of the phenomena of II
pnotism, each and every one of =,
lch is authenticated by the names ~
the ablest and best known physicians Pc
France, whose experiments have q,
N conducted in such manner as to "
We no room to doubt of the reality
the phenomena or the authenticity
the details. Enough has been shown III
Illustrate the general character of
results attained, and to show. as
sed in the outset, that the human IL,
in under certain conditions, not as ~ ~
understood, is capable of exercising ~
influence upon the matter composing VI
body not possessed by it in its nor. 70
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