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that fesh may be mutilated without pain.
and thus surgical operations have been per-
formed without the knowledge OF the mag
netired patient. As already indicated the
maguetizer must DO n man (curiously we
never hear Of womanl OF unusual force Of
character. The person magnetized, mean
while, gains proportionate share OF this
mental vigor, az is shown In an accelerated
pulse, quick response OF the nervous system
and an establishment OF sympathy with the
nervous system Of the maguetizsr Its al
legged that only when the latter IL In the full
maturity Of his manhood or possessed OF all
his virtle powers can he be- successful in
erocting these remarkable results OF which
the cure Of mental and physical ailments IL
said 10 be a substantial part.
The recent congress in Europe, notwith-
standing the great number Of papers pre-
sented By the French and German scientists,
throws little more light upon the subject than
existed soventy-fve years ago. To all in-
tents aud purposes the phenomena are the
same Some keen eyed, self possessed, strong
willed man intuitiv0ly discovers In another a
weakness OF character that makes him the
master Of that others will He hns but to
look or touch, or iInperatively declare his
own will when the patient succumbs, and
ton save that which is permitted by the
owner OF this mysterious power. The patient
may pass through any one of half a dozen
stages, and according to the degree Of his
impressibility will be hypnotized When he
becomes clairvoyant, which is a condition Of
he ,htened consciousness, the magnetic
sympathy becomes still more intensified,
especially In relation TO persons who are
brought into close magnetic relations with
him. His perception becomes more acute.
his language more expressive, and be seems
70 have attained q clearness Of insight with
reference 70 past and present events that Is
the more remarkable when II Is known that
IN his natural state he has not been In the
r-motsst degree associated with the situations
be describes
These wonders Of animal magnetism never
nave been explained and probably never viii
be- There are many thousand people, how
svr, who are familiar with the exhibitions
that have Deen made from time to time
From $50 TO $50, when spiritualism was in
vogue, the subject became a craze that ex-
tended from one end Of the country TO the
other. So called professor OF biology or
mesrnerisn, or, as we now call It, "hypno-
tism," filed village halls and city theatres
with audiences, all eager 10 enjoy tho ludi-
crous aspects Of the Authorizations Of the per-
formers Men and women alike might be
seen walking to public platform under the
strange influence, and there yielding 10 the
control Of the lecturer in a manner OF which,
under other circumstances, they would be
heartily ashamed Sometimes twenty or
thirty persons Of both sexes would be made
20 engage In the most nonsensical occupa-
lions, while the crowd looked on and laughed.
Staid men would be put TO work catching
IDEAS or dancing hornpipes; others would find
themselves sitting on IN imaginary red hot
stove and bound into the air as II they were
r-~ily burnt; young fellows would eat soap