The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
A SLEEP-WALKER
Wonderful Somnambulism Touched for by
 Distinguished Physician.

Wonderful Somnambulism Touched for by
 Distinguished Physician.
 A remarkable illustration of the mar. 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 Director-in-C Chief of the Asylum Lefond, near La Roche, France:
 ''On the 9th of last month at my visit, about quarter-past eight o'clock in the morning, in the presence of Dr. Ramadier, associate physician of the Le- fond Asylum, and M. Chauvelot, interne of the service, plunged V. Gone of the patients) 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 go 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 understand?' V. answered in the affirmative. That even- ing at 7:57 o'clock, while walking in the courtyard and conversing with oth CT patients, he stopped suddenly, his eyes became fixed, and several slight spasmodic contractions passed over his face. He passed into the hypnotic-or, rather, that intermediary condition de- scribed by M. Dumontpallier-and go- 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. sible 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 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 I had done to produce leth- argy; opened the lids as in inducing catalepsy; rubbed the top of his head, as . though trying to induce hypnotism.
 ''He then commenced the following colloquy, initiating my voice in the questions and, answering in his own voice: Do you hear me?' Yes, sir. Give me your arm.' Yes, sir Now, ", quarter of an hour after you awake there will be V on your arm at the place where 1 now mark it Che marked the imaginary V on his fore arm), and this V will bleed. Do you hear? I want you to understand that that V must bleedr Yes, sir. ", count ten, and wake when you get to seven.'
 ''He counted the numerals up to seven, he started, rubbed his eyes as though awakening, but more slowly proceeded with the eight, nine, ten; but he remained asleep, as was proved by heavy snoring which immediately followed his wonder. ful exhibition. About quarter of an hour after this Self-conducted dialogue V. went into the peculiar crisis which we have noticed in him after suggested stigmatization. When it was over we examined the arm and found the V which he had traced in his imagination, and it was covered with blood This V was on the same spot where have previously, on the Sd, produced a stigmatism in the presence of Drs. Earth and Delarue. This same series of phenomena were re- peated thrice during the night, the pa tient holding the some discourse and the result being the same each time.
 ''At five o'clock precisely V. awokt without knowing that he had been asleep, but convinced that he had been employed in the garden oi the asylum, gathering flowers. Here, then, we have a case oi hemorrhagic stigmatization produced without Intermediary, and by auto suggestion during induced hypnotism, the stigmata being in the place of old stig- matizations induced by me on former occasions. Drs. Ramadier and Chau- velet watched through the night with me and witnessed this remarkable exhibi ton"
 It would be easy to relate several other instances almost as remarkable as those given above of the phenomena of hypnotism, each and every one of which is authenticated by the names of the ablest and best known physicians of France, whose experiments have been conducted in such manner as to leave no room to doubt of the reality of the phenomena or the authenticity of the details. Enough has been shown to illustrate the general character of the results attained, and to show, as stated in the outset, that the human brain under certain conditions, not as yet understood, is capable of exercising an influence upon the matter composing the body not possessed by it in its nor. maj state.- Cincinnati Enquirer.