The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-03-09
New York city, March 4Ih,
1894,

srs are Interested IN hypnouem my
observations recently will possibly
interest them. Last Thursday at s
.. N. DR.. Fisher Of this city deliy-
cred a lecture on this subject and
at the same time had two patients
OF subjects to demonstrate his the
DRY. One was boy fifteen years
old and the other was a seventeen
year old girl. He hypnotized both
OF them by having them lie down
one alta time, of course, and ne
held ipst above their eyes a bright
shining button and had them look
straight at it; and he commenced
ut once saying some unimportant
words as follows; "You are grow
ing sleepy; a heavy feeling is COM
ing all over you. Your limbs are
getting heavy, &c." in slow and
deep gutteral tones until finally he
said sharply "sleep" and the pa
tients were profoundly asleep, and
the doctor said completely under
his control. He would raise the
boys legs strai. up and tell him he
could not get them down and he
could not, and the doctor would
call on some present TO pull them
down but they could not do it. He
told the boy to raise up and he did
SO. He told him to get off of the
table and fight the boy before him
and he sprang off, took of his coat
and another party had up before
him stuffed sack and as>soon as
the boy got his coat off he com
MERGED striking out with all his
force while the sack was kept before
him to hit; but his eyes were shut.
Then the doctor told him to lie
down again and he did SO, and even
yet he could not get his eyes open
until the doctor said You can open
-FOUR eyes. Open Y and at once
they cSmeupes,
Prof. G. NJ. HSmmoA, a.son OF
the illustrious DR.. w. A, Ham.
mon, of Washington, D, c., who
has one of the largest sanitariums
in this country for the treatment of
nervous diseases, on Friday hypno-
tized man about 80 years old be-
fore quite a number OF post gradu-
ate medical men with about the
same results as given above. Now,
both If these doctors mentioned
are teachers of high standing of le-
climate and scientific medicine
and claim they believe there is
something in hypnotism and are
investigating it for medical pur-
poses. In the case of the boy above
it was employed for the relief o.
noctural incontinence Of urine.
At 8 p. m, every evening he hyp-
Noticed him and then said you
cannot urinate tonight" and in
four weeks treatment the boy with.
out an exception had followed di'
rections. Now the girl had period
ic hysteric epileptic seizures and
| for several months past they had
been KEEP. off BY hypno;izing hel
Just before the time for her seizure
and telling her she could not have
tho attack. Both OF these gentle
IfJen claim tharif they told a per
son hypnohzsd to come to theiI
Office or do anything else, they can
moi remember it, bat will appear a
the time as directed, and theI
! when you ask them why they cam,
J they came they say because yol
told me to- just then remembering
of course. Now you can form you
owe opinion. simply give yol
what / have seen.
Well today is a beautiful da.
here and l went over to Brooklyn
to hear Talmage. The Tabernacl
vas crowded. He preached a
eloquent sermon but before preach
= ing he read a letter to his audienc
from the directors Of the Tabel
. nacle saying they had made a
? rangements by which all perple'
ing and menacing obstacles whic
. attached to the Tabernacle ha
4 been removed and they insisted 0
him reconsidering his resignatio
70 as pastor ard to continue and the
q he read his reply to them whiC
70 wound up by saying he had recol
,t sidered and would remain The
10 pastor. Then came hand-slappir
equal to that when little Madg
the country girl, appears on Il
stage here in the play I'm Old Ke
lucky" which is pronounced Il
Chit" Of the season.
le The music used for the servic
II we're "Jesus paid it all, Bless,
m assurance" &C., just the music us,
at home. He announced that aft
lg the benediction be would admin
ter the Lords supper and sacr
s. ment and | remained to see if th
did like we do at home. Just |
"a fore commencing this, howevc-.
baptized two ladies by putting !
u hand In eona ,vatar in n olacc al