The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-16


IL Is difhcult % hypnotic any one IN the
midst OF disturbing surroundings, object
ions. skeptical remarks, ridicule or con-
fusion q any sort.
A sue cessful operator should have broad
Z knowledge concerning the disposition and
character Of his fellows. The ordinary in
nCeace Of an operator upon his subject has
great deal 70 do with his success. Tne byp-
notist should be q person of large presence
CT mind, calm and confident in his bearing,
though there is nothing mystical OF occult
Ii the preceding.
Noticed against his will Il depends alto
gether upon whether
he Is WILLING
70 submit 10 the conditions. II he refuses
it is not likely that ne can be hypnotized-
There are few instances where hypnot-
ism has been produced against the viii Of
! the victim But it is most uncommon as IS
also a condition resembling hypnosis, which
may be produced in persons who are totally
UNCONSCIOUS OF what Is going on The rigid
| conoltlOn In which photographers have
found sitters is one Of the phases of uncon-
scious hypnosis. Sometimes mechanics who
work on delicate articles which strain the
/ eyeslght and demand prolonged and fixed at
tentlon fall into hypnosis These cases are
rare. There is an absence Of rapport in them,
and usually when spoken to they wake.
1
| times by another, he cannot resist the hyp-
notlsm whenever the operator chooses 70
compel him. And the oftsner a person is
hypnotized the more susceptible he
becames. Unless the hypnotiZed is a man
OF wide learning concerning the condition,
generous and kind as well, let no one sub
NIT. Because one Of the dangers of hvp-
notism Is this setting up Of a tendency to
enter the state at any time. The operator
can, however, prevent this tendency if he
be wise.
There are two kinds Of phenomena: enc
where the voluntary muscles are affected,
the other where the sense organs are per-
verted and their functions are made alb
normal
The way Of producing hypnosis varies
according TO the whim of the operator. The
same operator can produce the condition in
many different ways Some of the ablest
practitioners, isuch as Liebault, produce
the state by speech alone He
INVITES THE PATIENT
to seat In large and comfortable chair
| converses with him a few moments about
hypnotism, then suggests that he is getting
| sleepy, and after q few moments exclairns
In commanding voice, "Sleepr and the
effect is secured. Bernheim operates in the
same way. This is called the mental
method OF producing hypnotism. The
physical methods are very numerous
Three of the senses are good bases for oper-
alton, and are valuable in the following
order: Sight. hearing, touch. Taste and
smell but rarely give any results. A stead
fast gaze upon any object placed
at an angle above or below the eyes which
will strain the sight, you will find that after
a few moments tears will run down the
cheeks, the sight begins to waver, there
| will often appear contractions and citations
OF the pupils Of the eye, then, closing the
1 aaraa d, g..
You are asleep and cannot open your
eyes, There will be a momentary effort
on the part of the subject and then the pa
tient is yours.
Or, again, let watch be held at such a
distance as to strain the hearing, and you
may secure similar reEult, so far as the
hypnosis is concerned. Sometimes the beat
ing OF drum near the ear, the ringing of
loud gong or the flashing of a powerful
light, such as IL given by the burning of
strip OF magnesium, sometimes the singing
of a monotonous song, will produce the
condition. There are states known in
religious meetings, which are called get
ting the power" 1t is common among the
southern negroes and you will notice that
1t is often durfpg weird and monotonous
song. In certain sections Of this country
you win Gpd that in tnesa meetings there
appear strange
JEKxfNes AND TwrrCHrNcs
OF the body, followed by prostration and
rightly of the whole body. This is simply
oatalepsy, one of tho effects of hypnotisrn.
| You will also noticethat certain revfvalisie
secure results by the adoption Of singing
methods, and the songs are often Of the
kind known as vain repititions, The female
evangelist, who has been creating so much
excitement at various places, whether she
knows 1t or not, has observed all the c0ndi-
tons necessary to produce hypnotic effects.
hA ufR ln..Lk -
| audience, her instruction to look up and
the catalepsieS which follow and the fulf1ll-
ment of her suggestion that they will awake
pralsinR God, together with the fact that
the diseases which she heals, are those which
hypnobism has successfully treated.
The usual way Of proceeding in hypno-
tism is to take the hand of a subject, put
pressure upon the wrist some where about
the radiai nerve df you suggest the radiaI
nerve it does not make any difference
whether you find it or not, then place the
thumb OF the other hand at the root of the
nose, suggest to the subject that he will feel
a tiRgh1g sensation at the elbow, near the
"funnybons," and in few moments he will
inform you that he has the sensation, and
by that you may know that the man "a
yours. But this method will often fail
where another succeeds. The main thing
Is 60 secure some definite mental impress
sion, and if manifest in sensation of some
sort you have basis for proceeding
SUPPOSE THAT YOU CANNOT WAKE THEM
OUT OF ITi
you cannot. go away and leave them,
and usually in about twenty minutes they
Will awake. A hypuotizer who has expert
ence can always awake his subject Some
times an amateur gets fiurried and, being
doubtful of himself, communicates the
doubts to his subject, and then the only
thing for him to do Is to go away, out of
the room, stop his efforts, and the subject
will awaken soon. There are a few cases
recordered where a subject has slept for
hours, but permanent hypnosis is I'M
known. The fact that subject will awake
without any apparent cause is one of the
most unexplainable things in hypnotism.
THEORY.
have defined by pnotism as a state In
which the normal relation between expires
sions tsensations or ideas and consciousness
where thrown out of gear. Physiology has
no explanation. The reckless propounding
of theories by eminent Psychologists 1ustifies
a theologian in smiling. Lotze says that the
great discoveries in physiology usually last
about four years. l do not think so badly
of them as yst, and yet when your small
psychologists say: Science, gentlemen,
deals with facts, nothing but facts"
and speaks patronisingly of the
clergy, is it any wonder that we smile a
response as we place our fingers on chart
of the brain and ask about its relation to