The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-15

arc closed Some patients close their eyes
and are asleep Immediately. With others. l
have to repeat lay more stress on what say
and even make gestures. 1t makes little diff.
t%S nSefs of nv rRt hand Sere n tho
patients eyes aud ask him to look at them, or
pass both hands several times before his
mine. endeavorng. at the same time to con-
centrate his attention upon the idea OF Sleep
them again. Your arms feel heavy; so do your
legs. You caunot feel ANYTHING, Your hauds
s sGI to eSp sS
tone: Sleep This word often turns the bal
or Is at least influenced.
II use the word sleep in order to obtain as
a Whc % SrH abo sse or
state closely approaching II; for sleep. proper
ly. so called, does not always occur. II the pa
drowsiness,, / take care to say that sleep is not
essential that the hypnotic influence, whence
that many patients are hypnoti1ed although
they do not ;le9 passes or gazing at the Sys
concentrating the attention. They are not alb
soluteiy essential AS soon az they are able to
q rule very easily and quickly hypnotiZed."
AMERICANS THE LEAST SUSCEPTIBLE.
New York physicians do not find by any
means the same proportion of susceptibility to
hypnotic influences as are reported by the
olusively proved that Americans are the hard
est people In the world to hypnotize. The rea-
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among people accustomed 10 obedience among
average. are more generally trained TO obedi-
ence than americans, hence greater proper
tPn the isS% yield gors 70 h' fqEf is s
Quality, i Is said. .,L more -. than The
q 10 ew
York Investigators all say that it is practically
to hyInS0ze any person the st
! is in order to grain hypnotic influence over
person 1t is essential thar the subject yield vol
Whether this voluntary obedience progresses
| to the involuntary stage depends upon the sub
Ject's constitution. Or. Bernheim says on this
1T is wrong to believe that the subjects in
or
relate to men. whom have chosen on purpose
to controyert this belief Without doubt. i'm
OF gentle disposition. old, soldiers. artisans.
people accustomed to passive obedience. have
| gestion than preoccupted people. and those
who often unconsciously oppose u certain mem
and nyponchondria are often difficult. or i'm
possible to influence. The idea of being
submit entirely to the hypnoti&er. using no
! cerebral resistance then, | repeat. experience
shows that very large majority OF people are
- I have hypnotized very intelligent people
! belonging TO the higher grades OF society. who
/ were not in the least nervous, ut any rate In
/ the sense in which that word is commonly
/ used. Doubtless 1t is often impossible TO in
/ huence people who make 1t q point OF honor TO
| show that they cannot he hypnotized that they
have minds better balanced than others, and
that they are not susceptible to suggestion. be-
| cause such persons do not know how to put
themselves into the psychlCal state necessary
cept it, consciously or unconscioHsly: in fact.
| they oppose u kind OF counter suggestion"
RESULTS OF BEENHEIM's EXPERIMENTS.
The degree to which persons become subject
! to hypnotic influence varies from mere feel
! ing Of drOwZineBs on the first attempt to COM
plete somnambul ism In which the subjects
and every command is Implicitly oheyed
Bernheim's class ncation Of results is 10y no
Bernheim says:
TO define hypnotism as induced sleep, is to
sTs TO wh @
gestion can bring abeut independent OF sleep
define hypnotism rs the Induction OF neeu-
susceptibility to suggestion. Often, 1t is true
the sleep thai, NAV be induced facilitates sug-
It Is suggestion that rules hypnotlsm."
Bernheim quotes this division OF years ex-
periments upon LUZ persons by Dr. Lleoault:
sSmaSs6Ss GsSR q
Deep Deep 'u't ''t
New York physicians gain no such sweeping
9es1t on the sEsTase my are fb able to nd
while the number who lose all volition and
yield perfect obedience Is scarcely greater than
to train many Of the others into more advanced
stages OF hypnotism.
NO ANIMAL MAGNETISM ABOUT IT.
There is no end Of evidence OF the wonders
who condemn utterly all resource to the mys-
terious agency freely admit sS the existence OF
ma They include all the phenomena Of mes
merism and many others. But the theories Of
anna ar reIeea by the NOD
These facts and those which shall men,
NJ no T,hn mn nf
called animal magnetism, are simply the uhe-
nomena OF suggestion. In hyptoni,m. the sub;
Imposes itself with greater or less force upon
the mind. and induces the corresponding
tsm. In my hypnotic cases, have not observed
single act which iGii, cannot he thus inter;
any Sf uiG analogous to the force Of the magnet.
or electricity escaping from certain organisms
ra fS"s 9the 6e r. ee
which Is deduced from observation. contrary
to the doctrine OF Mesmer or Mesmerlsm the
doctrine OF O mesmeric or magnetic fluid.
The mesmerists for example. give tho fol-
lowing facts in support OF their fluid theory.
parts lightly touched. the muscles contract and
the limb may DO raised, This is a mesmerlzIng
pass. II the pass is then made over the limb
fall back again. This Is ademesmerizing, pass.
the eh head ID turns following he opSraors hand,
i the lis RB sS9 S S the suSk tae Of
and draw 1t away suddenly II this Is repeated
several times the hand is lifted IN of itself and
remains In cataeptic condition; m evident
proof tho mesnerists say that the operator'9
hand draws the magnetized patients hand
alter IL as the magnet attracts iron!
Brad has. proved that thit Il In reality only
magnetic influence comes into play. Tho phe-
nomonn arise apart from the orcrator's will, II
by gesture or by touch, Interpreted by The sub
ioct's mind he maniiesls, II desire which the
subject cannot ire lat. The same ,pas;es ac..
COMMANDED or unaccompanled with touching Of
the limb, mesmeriHing or Concentrating In
tie language Of the maEnetlHers may induce
the same phenomenon. the raising or dropping
Of tho hand The subjects moyements' in
instructive and automatic. The patients brain
directs the movement naturally indicated by
this attitude"
THE ADVANCED RTAGE-PERvERTING SENSES
Discussing the advanced stage Of hypnotism.
Bernheim says: ~
Then new phenomena appear. The Ru-
tomatIsm is complete. The human organism
has become almost machine, 9Redent TO the
operators will say Rise and he rises. one |
subject gets up, very, quickly another ,obeys |