The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-02

an example Of the sort Of things TO be ruled
out Only such hallucinations are wanted
as will be useful in perfecting a science, and
VIII add to the worlds knowledge OF occult
phenomena.
The curing of Authorizations is another
object aimed at by the foreign lnvesti-
gators In France and in England this has
reached surprising degree Of success In
America such thing Is as vet uninterrupted
by scientific methods, but with the accumu-
lation of Instances, and the gradual educa-
ton OF the medical profession to a ready
grasp OF the subject, some great results In
America are expected as the outcome of
the investigations begun in Europe
AT the convention for the advancement
OF psychic research held last summer in
Paris, the famous Prof. du Janet Of Havre
descriD d a certain case of hallucinati1n
which came to his attention AID narrated
how the cure W 5 affected. Prof james.
who at,elded the convention, related the
story at Tuesday nights meeting of the
Boston Society for Psychic Research A
young girl, Rose by name, aged 10,
had come in despair to the hospital where
Du Janet was in charge. She Suffered from
periodical crises of convulsiOns, hysteria,
delrium chillS, etc, lasting many days.
AtterWard had no memory of the con
dltions surrounding her. She had tried
ihNc-Atti 1911 Atll Al ltAAAlSui. Dub III VAIL
The expert decided to essay n cure by
plunging the girl into a deeper hypnotic
trance than she had heretofore been il. He
made passes over her for half an hour, and
then succeeded in passing her out OF tho
first into a secondary trance, in which sha
was an entirely different being In the
first trance she was apparently dumb In
the second she was wide awake and SEEM
ingly conscious.
Tho SVIuptOlug of haf- halIuefuafiov, yva-a
then seen with startling clearness. Lying
on the couch, the subject told in seni-inco-
herent yet reasonably Intelligent language
how she saw before her an old and decrepit
woman thrown rudelv down and killed on
the pavement. The sight of this tragedy
filed the poor girl with demoniacal terror.
Again her symptoms showed her shu Id err
ing and chattering with cold from being
immersed suddenly in an ice-cold bath, I'M
aginary of course. These Authorizations she
described both by word of mouth and by
gesticulauon, and convinced Du Janet that
some time in her life 8 70 had pa sed through
the experiences rehearsed during her de-
lirium.
AS a matter of fact this was absolutely
true, ana the Impressions left on her mind
resulted in Authorizations recurring at IN
tervals with great force.
Here, then, were remarkable symptoms
but the cure was not less remarkable Du
Janet tried the ordinary mental cure, by
trying to make the girl will away the hal
lucinations during the hypnotic period.
"H GU must get well; you will get WELL you
are we'll )" he said to the girl, but it wouldn't
work. Then he tried a holder idea Re-
plunging her into the deep hypnotic stage.
Du Janet INDUCED in a little piece
OF comedy, grave and dignified
savant that he is, and made it appear to the
rapt mind of the hysterical girl That the old
lady wasn't hurt at all, that it was all a
good joke. She did fall, it was true, but
she wasn't killed. She picked herself up,
shook the dust off her dress and walked
away. Du Janet acted the part well, and
the affrighted girls mind was relieved from
the oppressed sense of the old lady's misfor-
tune. Likewise with the ice-cold bath-he
impressed the girl with the ludicrous side of
the matter; the Rirl fell in with the happy
illusion and her trouble was gone. Her
hysteria dementia aud Authorizations being
driven out, the girl got stout and we'll. and
for five months no recurrence of her former
troubles nave been noticed.
Prof. James narrated the story as show
ing the advance made by the foreign sci
entistS in the direction Of curing hysteria
and destroying hallucinations. That there
is a multitude of such cases in this country,
the professor has no doubt; also that they
are all capable of being cured, or partially
cured, by the acts of the hypnotists. The
aim of the international committee, of
which he is the American member, is to
collect an International census Of all cases of
Iona fide hallucinatory development.