The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-14
EVILS OF
A Tragic Incident which Recently
Occurred in Buda-Pesth.
Paris Letter I'm Philadelphia Telegraph.

Paris Letter I'm Philadelphia Telegraph.
There exists in Belgium a law prohibiting
the practice of hypnotism, except by physi-
clans, who are supposed to know all about
that occult science, and a tragic occurrence
I'm Buda Pesth has caused the Academy of
of a like law in France. The victim was
a young and very pretty girl, Mile. Ella de
Solomon, who lived with her parents at
their country seat near Buda PeSth. A young
engineer came to the country seat TO SUI
perintend the sinking of an artesian well
The De Solomon family invited him to be
their guest, and during his stay 1t
transpired that he was a great student OF
hypnotism, and for a few years past had
not only practiced it but had made won
derful cures by it's aid. Ella, the daughter
of the house, who was suffering from
cure her OF her miserable weakness Of
health. He demurred at first. but finally
seemed to- rouse gu into fresh life and yigor.
NJ. Neukomus, the hypnotizer, was en-
ehanted with his success. On the 18th of
thrown into the hypnotic trance In the
presence of her family, who we've now used
to this phenomenon, and watched listlessly.
In fact, SO bored were they that the
hypnotizer grew annoyed and announced
that he was going to vary the experiment.
His elder brother was suffering from
hemorrhages, and he wished to ascertain
If he was consumptive or If it was simply
hemorrhage of the stomach. He ordered
the sleeping girl to imagine herself at
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She replied that she was there, but could
not find the invalid. He described the con-
struction of the house, and she finally an
nounced that she had discovered him.; that
he was in bed in a certain room. whose
furniture she described; that he was very
i'll, and gave a detailed account of his
malady, using medical terms that she. a
young shielded girl. had never. heard of.
BY this time she was exhausted, her face
livid, her breath coming in gasps. The
lookers-on implored the hypnotizer to
arouse her. but he insisted on asking one
more question regarding the probable issue
of his brothers malady. With laboring
breath and visible effort the reply was
gasped forth: Prepare for the worst"
Then, without the slightest warning and
before any one could catch her, she fell
headlong from her chair and lay moving
feebly. with startling eyes and protruding
tongue. Her pulse still futtered, but five
minutes later she was a corpse, and they
fear for the reason of her most involuntary
and bitterly repentant assassin, whose
brother, as was predicted, died two days
later. We nave had several scares here
I'm Paris from amateur ~hypnotists, who
could not rouse their subjects; still, moth
ing serious has resulted rs yet, but it is
certain that the French Academy of Med
icine is right when it ciamors now and at
once for the ounce of prevention that is
to be so infinitely better than the pound of
cure after some one in France has been
done to death by and ardent and amateur
practitioner whose passion for scientific
research may outweigh his consideration
for human life or reason.