Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-03-16
, A SLEEP-WALKER.
Wonderful Somuambulism Vouched for BY
Distinguished Physlclan.

WONDERFUL SOinuumDuilhin fOuCheu IOr "
a Distin gulshed 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. Mabulc, the Medical
Dircctor-in-Chief of the Asylum Lefond,
near La Roche, France:
''On the 9th of last month Mt my visit,
about quarter-past eight O'CLOCK in
the morning, in the presence of DR..
Ramadicr, associate physician of the Lc-
fond Asylum, and M. Chauvclot, intcrne
of the service, | plunged V. Zone of the
patients) into the somnambulistc state,
and, wishing to combat tho insomnia
with which he had lately been suffering,
said to him: This evening near eight
o'clock You will say to Ernest, tho
guardian Of your ward: Put me
to bed. I am in need Ut sleep
You will go to bed. and precisely
at eight o'clock you will 60 to sleep,
and you will sleep until live o'clock to-
morrow morning. During your sleep
you will hear nothing, sec nothing and
feel nothing. Do you undcrstandP' V.
answered in the affirmative. That even
ing at 7:57 o'clock, while walking in
the courtyard and convcrsing with 9TH
er 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-
scribcd by NJ. Dumontpallier-and 60
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 oight o'clock he fell into
a deep slumber. lt
from this moment it was impos-
siblc for me to awake him, because lie
could neither feel, SEQ nor hear any
thing. Pressure upon the hystorOgenic
zones had no effect, but in a short time
the patient commenced spontaneously
to 60 through the series Of experiments
to which he had previously Submitted at
my hands. He pressed his eyes with his
fingers rs 1 had done to produce lcth-
argy; opened the lids as in inducing
catalcpsy; rubbed the top of his heal, 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 mcp' Yes, sir.
Give me your arm. Yes, SIR Now,
", quarter of an hour after you
awake tlicrc will be V on your arm at
the place where | now mark it (hc
marked the imaginary v on his fore
arm), and this V will bleed. Do you
hearP l want you to understand that
that v must blecdr Yes, SIR ", count
ten, and wake when you got to seven. }
'He counted the numerals up to seven,
he started, rubbed his eyes as though
awakening, but moro slowly proceeded
with the eight, ninc, ten; but he remained
asleep, as was proved by heavy snoring
which Immediately followed his wonder
full exhibition. About a quarter of an
hour after this sclf-conducted dialogue
V.went into the peculiar crisis which We
have noticed in him after suggested
stigmatization. When it was over VIC
examined the arm and found the V which
he had traced in his Imagination, and il
was covered with blood. This V was or
the same spot where have previously
on the Sd, produced a stigmatism in the
presence of Drs. Barth 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. awoke
without knowing that he had been
asleep, but convinced that he had
been employed in the garden OF
the asylum, gathering flowers,
Here, then, we have case Of
homorrhagic 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 exhibit
tion." 'f.
| IL WOulu uo cttSJ W loiuoo ooNoih
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 a manner rs 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
IN influence upon the matter composing
the body not possessed by it in its nor
NAL state. Cincinnati Enquirer
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