The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-14
Hvpnotism for peafness.

There is a possibility that the year 1898
viii witness some wonderful results from
hypnotic experiments. if the theories Of
Prof L. A. Currier of New York are well
based. Prof Currier is principal Of the
New York institution for the in
structlon Of the deaf and dumb.
He stands at the head Of his pro-
fesson, and is the inventor OF systems
and apparatus for reaching and devel-
oping latent auditory nerves that have
made his name known all over the world.
Prof. Currier says 10 per cent. of the
cases of deafness in this country are
caused by prenatal paralysis of the au-
ditory nerve. due to the impinging of
some foreign substance upon the form
ing blood corpuscles of the child. He has
invented an apparatus, called the audi
phone, for the treatment of such cases
He has under his treatment man. now
40 years of age, who was born deaf as a
post. For twenty-eight years no sound
ever reached his brain through the Vi
brations of the tympanum of the ear
With the use of the audiphone he is now
able to hold conversations, to distinguish
sounds and enjoy music The professor
says that within a short while he will be
able to hear perfectly without the aid
of any instrument. His dormant audi
tory nerve has been stimulated into ac-
ton.
Now, It is the professors theory that
if auditory nerves can be thus stimulated
and restored from the outside they can
be further stimulated from within, and
that by operating both from without and
within, almost every case of deafness
can be cured if the auditory nerve is
not dead.
And hypnotism Is the agent he pro-
poses to employ for the inward working
| All that is needed, he thoreorizes. is some
help TO take the mind of the patient
from the rest of the body and center it
/ upon the auditory nerve. The will-power
/ thus increased will enable the patient
TO exercise the nerve and bring it into
! play. Explaining the mode of operation
! the professor says: Those competent
| to speak with authority tell us that the
| hypnotic operator has, while the sub
/ ject is in the hypnotic sleep. absolute con-
troll of the mind of the subject. We are
! forced now 10 operate in exercising the
| paralyzed nerve of the deaf-mute while
| the brain is busy with all its other senses.
The nerves of vision are busy ticking off
their messages as to what the eye sees.
and the brain is replying what TO do
about it and what to look at next: the
sense of touch is engaged in the same
way; the smell, the taste, are sending
their little paragraphs of news. and that
! wondrously busy brain up there near the
! Uranium must record all the messages
it receives. and go on sending its replies
Only the nerves of hearing cause the
brain no expenditure or energy. Why
could not the hypnotic operator remedy
/ this by commanding the patient when
once under his influence. to center his
or her mind upon the auditory nerve?
why could the operator not make the
deaf hear? I believe it can he done"
! Believing thus, the professor viii open
the deaf and dumb institute 10 any repu-
table hyprotist who will make tho expert
ment under his supervision. There are
plenty Of reputable hypnotists who Will
offer their services. hence We may short
/ ~ have now wonder to marvel at.
The Boston Journal Of Commerce learns
that the United States Cordage Company.
whose works at Lowell Mass, were re-
Gently destroyed by fire, Will probably
not rebuild at Lowell. but viii build
its mill in the south. Besides making cot
ton rope and cord. this company turns
out yarn and thread.