The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13

tnllupnVe against winch Snb SlTuEElHu III NHlus
gar, for whom she felt only fear and disgust.
They sn9nt the nf9 IN Rsy' and next
RS SI t"S Cas /" Wod hin thai he had run
jo %" e AIS also 8" ioid him Of hct unhap:
pinoss, ad lug that she wanted to drown
t SSTsS fo fH% f0'B y the Rr " sopnod at
u farmers named, Coudroyor Jo:eph'no
dii not cease lnmeniniE me unnanEy situation
held her Fearing further outrage she asked
to sleep in neighborlng room CASTELAR, az;
preached hor Just as she was going out and
caught her by the hips.. She immediately
tainted. Then according to tho doclaration OF
person they saw her go up stairs at Castellnn's
command, coupling the steps an laughing
this timc completely iusensibo.
The next morning she came down stairs in
4 condition resembling insanitSi Hme talked
tclian. wishing to give 4 new proc! OF his power
over her. ordered her to go around the room on
unhappy eir's sorrows, the inhabitants ~ the
house drove CASTELAR, out 10 sp,e OF resistance.
llo hal hardly got outside the door When jose
phlnO fell down, as Il dead. They called as
iellan back He made various signs over her,
aud restored the use OF her senses. Night
room. Tho next day they Went away toEether.
n" one dared prevent Jo-ephine going with
Ca telan had met some hunters. aud while he
talked with them she had escqped. She begged
would snatch her from this influences, shs
was taken back to her fathers not seeming 10
p37 CasteIIan y" was arrostcd. He had already
been Co demned for misiemeanor lie seemed
to 10 NATURALLY gifted with rare mpSnetic pow
err To this must be attributed the influence
Since she has been delivered from this
mans influence. Josephine has recovered her
reason. In her testimony before the court she
sad: He exercised such an influence over me
with his gestures that ssevera! times fell as i
1All lIa could then do what he pleased with
me. | understood what | was the victim Of
but could neither speak nor act, and en-
was sentenced to twelve years hard labor"
The various conditions of the girl under Cas-.
opinion OF modern Investigators OF hypnotisIn
with the various stages OF hypnotism.
some of the Dangers of the IndIscriminato
Use of Hypnousn.
At the close OF his work upon the subject,
Bernhoim discusses briefly the dangers. to the
subject. Of hypnotsm. He takes view OF the
matter different from that OF many American
physicians lie saws
From experience do not hesitate In stat
inc that when it is we'll managed. 1t does not
produce the slightest harm 1t does not inter-
fere with tho functions OF organic life we have
seen that respiration and circulation are not
influenced in subjects whose minds are at rest
If. ksln the first svances. some subjects
manifest nervous phenomena: such as
MUSCULAR lWllCulUS-, VI ulo-
comfort. acceleration Of the pulse: and IL some
lysterical subjects have convulSlNe paroXysmS
a1ras tRe 90 ne p moral
ton to q sentiment of lear; always disappear
In tie following 'apces. thanks to Inieting
When the habit has been formed the subjects
go TO sleep peacefully and naturally and awake
in the same way. without the slightest discom-
fort il the operator has been careful to sug-
gest no discomfort upon waking.
In my already long practice have never
harm DrDducaI by SlaeD induced
cordng to our method. for the suggestion 10
always present as corrective to any disagree
able symptoms which may arise.
There is a danger which it is important to
recognize. and which am going to mention.
Der of times, some subjects preserve disposi-
ton to 90 y sleep spontaneousIy. Some have
again Of themselves in the same h ynno otto sleep
Others fall asleep thus during the day, This
tendency, to auto-hypnotizaton may be re-
state to the subject during sleep that when
once awakened ne will be comrletely awake.
taneous.y during the day.
Others are too easily susceptible to hyp-
somnambusm. The first conner may some
times put them into this condition BY surprise.
si itv f0snG their eyes Such saI;eepti
over to tine mercy Of any one, deprived OF
psychieal and moral resistance, certain SOM
moulded by the will OF the sUggest ionists.
Those moraIists who are careful OF human
Thought OF such great possibilities Of dan ger.
are in the right. They, are right 10 condemn q
w.S Ss T 6e P5 na{ GS 9 81 ns r Ss S
Iart; they would be a thousand times right II
tie remedy were not side by side with the evil
When We foreseo such tendency in our cases
o. somnambqlism we take care 10 say during
sleeep and it is good rule to follow, Nobody
SES IS" "pSSs obedsn E0pE ?RRS S som
Es. nd is lazy to " .ryed foreign d bySnS
TIE an excellent somnambulist whom ! had
already hypnotiized several times: could not
her Why lad rot succeeded She 1V told me- me
suggested during sleep that M. Li6bault aud
himself were, the, only ones who could hyp;
o0 which she was not conscious In the waking
G3ndluon, had iorewarned her against me.
graver apprehension, and one which
forces itself naturally upon our attention. Is
fear that hypnotism may finally do grave harm
to the mental faculties, even whom it is used
prudenty. aud solely for therapeutic end,
without provoking ha lucinationst The mind
duled the intelligence demoralized. and the
mental activity diminished. tho subject falls
into condition OF intellectual torDor and re-
mains in it
notlIed very intelligent people daily and some-
times twice day. for months aud oven years.
and have, never found the slightest harm
motto sleep in itself is beneficial and is free
from harm as is natural sleep.
But another order OF dangers may result
from provoked Authorizations, and here
should sueak as think. Doubtless inofiensiye
haIlacinatlons provoked at long intervals.
whether hypnotic or post hypnotic. trouble the
mind mOmentarily, in the same way as do
dreams. but the equilibrium Is quickly re-
established as soon the halucinatorY dream
has disappeared. Is it the same II these hal
lucinatiohs are frequently suggested to the
imagination In the long run may not some
trouble ROMAN in the mind2 / should not Ike
TO state that certain delicate brains, prediS-
posed 10 mental alteration. could not receive
serious harm from tnopportune and awkward
experiments of this, kind knowing that all
emotion, all violent disturbance can mako an
insanity bud out, the germ of which, often
hereditary Is Inherent In the organism. |
simply should say that in the many expert
Inents which have performed / have never
known any psychical trouble TO result.
Another real danger is this: After many
hypnotiatlons, utter many Authorizations pro-
duced during sleep, certain subjects become
susceptible 10 suggestion and halluclnaton
in the waking condition. Their minds realize
with extreme facility every conception insinu-
atel: every idea becomes an act, every image
cnvoked becomes reality. They no longer
distinguish between the real world and the
imaginary world SupKestn1. Douht gOm0