The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-15
M0RE IBorr HrrNor!SM.
Instances cited in IL Paper Read Before IA
Convention of rhYsicinns.

pathIc Society, in session at the Lindell:
This word 'hypnotism Is but now and
m mersm L'' TEe word includes ali he phs-
Inomena that lie in the nervous GUS system in
ton. When tho mystery of hypnotism Is
solved. man then will know tho, relations
tho house he lives in. Tho history OF hypno-
tism Is the physlc, history 81 the race-all tho
OF s and xTss
ism, ecstatic trance, ana FRENZY OF the prophets
OF old. and the Oriental dervishcs of to-day;
spiritualism, are all Included in the category
OF i. phases. II Is not new force. but MS old
as life 1T o6talHs not g in a MI SnY GGt } us
IRON the infusorin TO tho highest beings.
Il propose ut this time to give a few facts
from my own experience with hynOtsm a. Il
student in III 3 field Tor more than forty wears.
i shnll give typical cases, each representing
different phases of diseased conditions, pass
in degree. / shall offer tow words OF comment.
leaving you the facts involved, knowinG that in
the presence of truth uheXpalnable silence Is
the profQundest argument,
Mrs. ". n widow. aged II: came under my
caro- in June ISL sHierinE from acute mania
habit. Her delrium paroNysms usua! ~ lasted
from six to ton hours. when a settled mclan-
choly would suporvene. lasting several days.
This woman was, III her normal condition,
spiritual in character. woman OF tho highest
education. the centre oil agroup Of intellectual
women OF broad ideas and noble purpose. Her
home anu SURROUNDINGS were Of the best
Her father had OCCASIONAL insane atnGks Tor
insane as ylum. Her only children, two daugh-
ters committed suicide while In de!irium. each
on her GrGany aSH sa tw wo ye .F
Immediate cause of hcr mothers insanity.
which had lasted five months when | iirst
saw her. Upon my first examination the pa
titnt was very violent and resisted my ap-
proach Without hrr Snowflake, and in
spite OF hoT own sT. 10 i ie Ier Sndef
trance. While thus entranced she described
conversations with her departed daughters.
dieting a speedy cure. She remained IN tho
trance state over two hours. ana in the So
DAY till nov her mini has been sound ami
strong. ] give her the seen every day Tor
about u week She is now married 10 one OF
In n letter from her a few days since, she says
sho has no SymitomS OF return OF the ma
a iY. She has a child 5 years Old, In this case
we have hereditary insanity which she re-
ceivcd from her father and transmitted 1t to her
two children. cured without medicine or time.
suited me in January. 1850. for n very severe
70 m OF paralysis agtans. which had lasted
could not feed her self and CURED aud received
tho constant aid and assistance OF nurse.
Sho had been under treatment at homo and in
New ork city. hu: found, no movement.
The disease is supposed TO have resulted from
a severe shock she found u man hanging in tho
barn For ne month treate her with rene
dies and various forms Of elcctrc Impulse
without any benefit / hen treated the spine
with The actual cautery. and -ont hrr home
and consented to he hypnoti2ed. In -four
siaLces Tho was well and remains sound
woman to-day. | never carried this lady re-
yond the conscious sleep. She never lost her
james Frank aged 10 in July 1878, sont tho
blade OF an axe int" the Knee Joint. His father
was tenant on my farm. near Kansas City. |
requested the late DR.. Taylor to attend him. On
the third day after the injury Dr. Taylor in
al m ia
seen much of tetanus during the war but never
saw worse case than this Young man present.
enSued. The knee had not bcen dres-cG for -
hours when first saw Lin. on the fourth day
s!sT the nGFS 49, fts
removed pieces of hone and directed him TO
sleep till . o'clock tho next morning. At that
He awoke soon. having slept soundy all night
Tho tetanic slasms were gone. The boy soon
go! VEL Nell " rrom,,ort ,owvur ., ran.os
City. consulted mo in February, 1881, for in
sOmnia The result OF chronic alcoholism. Tho
direction. 4 hard student and otherwise Vi g., 4
isa AMI moral Wr9GH c 6or months he h%4 no
had lost their power upon him. found mul-
tiple neurosis, showing thAt the SHINE Ms Wellus
ccased. requested him to submit TO hypnot-
ism. lie said he thought 1t would kill him aud
hSpsd ocoHk II H me E"s 'H'o
sound SLEEP, till the next morning kent
him in bed FIR two week., put to sleep
waking / fed him carefully. lie Often Vent Won't
TO sleep OF himself In the DAYTIME. He never
asked for or resolved any stimnua9nts. Since
sleeps we'll; drinks no liquor. He snys ho has
no desire for It. He has grown Iieshy.. Tho
mont got married. and il now tho father OF
three healthy children and is getting rich. lIo
loves the influence. l cap point my finger ut
neyor gave him any medicine.
These cases nro typical ones, The first was
mitted by, her to her children. Tho cure was
rapid, and has stood the test nine years and
maternity; with the c.imacetrif Eeriod saloy
known TO be no less obscure IN pathology than
hopeless in treatment Still undor this pow:
erful but subtle Influence, tho disease yielded
hs ii by an incantaton The third case diiTors
from all tho others in kind and in degree Here
We lind tho highest and'moSt terrible form o!
syS'em In the most acute form. Still the In
tense nervous aston ia IuieLted in less than
insomnia. with chronic alcoholism and mu-
tiplo nnurtis. indicates tho influence OF hyp-
notism oyor not only the physlcal conditions.
only cured OF Insomnia and nouritis, but also
OF his Unsuitable love for stlmul ants.
leave the question in your hands, knowing
as do that many of You arc more capable of
the scientific Investigation Of tho facts than |
we Ts in m nI 2 se
tion yet Obtained OF the slmllia simlllbus cur
nntur.' The various stages OF hypnotism, from
ron clous drowsine.s to tho fierce frenzy OF
trance. have many powers. all differing in Kind
and curative degree. llypnotism is not as yet
Il cure all | have uItcn failed for want Of
knowledge. The 10 ms OF disease in which
have succeeded host are those functional
Disturbances OF tho brain. spinal cord. or
nervous system in which the pa.
tent j. Hhnormally susceptible to external i'm.
and with an mraired power OF will
TO resist their manifestations In operating
with this dypsmic pTwor you enter the rcmpio
10 satisfy morbid curiosity. for you nro TAX.
Ing an immortal soul into your Keeping Tx
cept In rnro cases. never operate without CON
sent and always DoOre witness. | have hhl
strange eNrerenros. | warn You II you
wish doctors. preuc hers, and supOrsttiOus old
women Ia drive YOU from your home and prac.
lice, toll people what you ARC doing
Four Victims Of ~ RnbId Coyote,
Prom the san Francisco ChrOHctr.
ALBUQUERQUE. June "A little over month