New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
SOME EXPERIMENTS IN HYPNOTIsM.
London letter to The Providence Journal.

London lcter u Inc BIONldcnce JOurnd
Dr. Stanley (whOse performance at the Hotel Metro
pole 1 saw IS clear exponent of hypnotlSTl. HIS
demonstration must have been very striking 70 some
experiments at the sapctrlere, and the work Of the
Nancy school, were evidently unknown The men
whom DR.. Stanley had brought forward as subjects
wer, knocked over like ninepns by sudden sleep IN IN
posed upon them in various ways one Welded 70 tno
Another toppled off his chair at the sudden ignition
of a magnesium wire which dazzed his eyes. thru
very susceptible to the power Of snggeston was ton
that he would go to sleep when he picked a match
box Off the floor. lie stopped for the matcn box, nIu
forthwith rolled heavily OFF the platform Fortunately
Another, while intent on something else was smrIg lieu
by sudden noise Instantly he slept the letharglc
Scep. once again subjects close attention to the
ticking Of a watch brought on the ehectve droMSl-
and he soon tSpPeGG d. OF a ms c pcenar Sensitive
those spots by the operator In twinln tirb he
half weird half S O0r to see to Of pr saey
like so many men suddenly bewltched one man ha ss
fallen with his hands clasped ana raised 81, some ais ais
St tfS lO for H What Seemed to be twenty minutes
half an hour. Let any one lie down and hold mp the
by the casping Of his hands. The muscles VIII nGe
sleep of the hypnotized ones sensations Of fatigue
appea- to he suspended The limbs obey the oPera,0
and remain in the position in which he puts them The
ate of catqepsy Is easily produced and then the men
are brought at mere touch Of the hypnotzers manu.
into that false awelns called SO h sleepng
condition throughout interval for refreshment; ana,
according to the lecturer, whose word there Is no
reason 10 dOubt were all unconscious OF their eN-
centional condition as they walked about among MS
Proucht hack to the platform they were made the VIC
fins of hallucnaiOns OF that amusing Kind to winch
mrsmersts have VOL accustomed MS. But these mes
merle tricks are decidedly more interesting when pre-
sentcd as part Of exposition OF hypnotsm IN lOs
various stages. One experiment confess. 90 NOV
like A man is given n strong emctlc, ana mane 10
drink IL under the impression that Ii IS pleasing
beverage But there Is this curous interest IN inc
act The natural effect OF strong dose OF ipecacnana
wine Is To make n man vom, and. whether he KNOWS
or does not know that he has taken It,, there VIII 5e
no difference in this physical effect BUT IN tns
curious hypnotic condition, it Is enough Tor tle man
with whom the patient Is en- rapport TO say 70 MN
that he Is all right, what he has taken VIII agree
with him perfectly, and no bad results VIII follow
The ordinary physical effect OF the emetlc Is not pro-
duccd. ,,,-., l., 4,is
The post-hypnotic suggestion was illustrated In TINS
wav: The patient was told In his hypnotic sleep
that he was going TO awake and that three mlnn,eSs
after Inc would do a certain thing to Dr. Bond Wmcn
DR. Bond had himself suggested that ne should pe
asked 10 do This was TO take OIL DR.. BONDS eve
glasses and put them on bis own nose me isd was
reused from his sleep DR.. Fond SAID to the , noy
" Now are Won going 20 do anything to mcl' WIN
an air of surprise at odd question the youth maui
Tie answer A" NO.n In three minutes 10 the setonu
The lad Notwithstanding his own statement went up
10 DR. BOnd took the eyeglasses from him ana wore
them himself When called to account he seemed
little confused at his act and made an apology
IN DR. Rond not for stealing his eyeglasses, Dut Jr
having told him before that he did not intend dolng
ANYTHING to him. He did not know then that he had
to do this.