Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-05-23
CURED BY HYPNOTIsM.
Tobacco Smokers Some times Yield
to the Power OF Suggestion.
Slaves 10 tho Habit for Nearly Half
Century suocuinb to the Magic
Influence OF = Mxnipula-
tor Of Men.

Slaves 10 tho Habit for Nearly Half .
Century suocu,nb to the Magic
Influence OF Msnipula-
tor Of Men.
Hypnotic influence may be made to
serve innumerable uses. Among the
very latest is that Of taking away the
taste for smoking. All confirmed smok-
ers know what absolute suffering is in
volved in an attempt to forego the cigar,
pipe and cigarette, They may, there
fore, be relied upon to take peculiar In
terest in two cases recently treated by
specialist abroad, the details Of which
go to prove that II a man desires to rid
himself Of the smokers habit and other
methods fail hypnotic suggestion" Il
capable Of achieving the desired result.
The first case, says the New York
Herald, Is that Of smoker slxty-three
years old, who was o slave to tobacco.
He began the habit at sixteen, and con-
tinued IT, without oreak' ior iorsy'
seven years. lie lit up Us soon as he
awoke in the morning, and until he fell
asleep at night there were few intervals
in which he was not vigorously engaged
in blowing cloud. lie had made some
attempts during recent years to moder-
ate his passion Tor TOBACCO put without
success lhewarnlhgs OF MS PHYSICIANS
were in vain.
They went so lar as 70 Tell nun tnas
he was showing symptoms OF lesion
OF the stomach, when mgh. eurn in,o
cancer ana 'nat 'his was aue SIMPLY
to his abuse OF the weed. Iney also
promised MN u comPie'e cure ~ nc
would only stop smoking nus ~ was
OF no use. AFTER making one or Two
iheilectuai a''emp.s ne resigned nun
self 10 the inevitable ana smoked more
oostlnately than ever
Atthls stage the hypno1izer-thatm ma
gician OF mooerh medlcine-appeared
o oso ons - s,,a,,os.;o, Anar so,.o hss,
1919. .at;os ~ H. a' sa,ol,as .onsan.oS aha
tation, the smoker consented. he pe'
lleved himself d doomed man, Dut ne
was Wiling 70 give ths last chance OF
salvation trlal'
- his ,at, hand In Lose tSsn thsos
minutes the natisnt WINS fullv hvnno.
H.od rhen the snorestiou ,yos mada
~ him. "yorr des;rs tor smoL;no NJ
lorror twists Trom tb;s momert ro,
w;li moi aive another thought 10 n.
hacco Won will smoke no more cicars
cirarottas Or Mines You vii, retrss ali
.aha,oa o;,.,rs n, o;ra rattos tha. NOV
no nssrod vow Inv rour fr,onds ~.
baceo viii disgust !, yo,,
Tbe nat;ent ioyouslv snrounced N.
newt day that he Ind NOT SMOKED since.
and thst he Ind no desire to do 40
aTo oseertair v s,id the doctor IN Mo
account ~ the treatment "whather ha
was resolved in accordance with the
suooestion Of tho dov before tn refuse
anv offer If tobacco made to him NV
anothcr nerson. took A box Of cigar.
cites out Of nv noclet and offered Rim
oro Tia oaye n decided refusal 7
begqed him to trv to smoke. but he
wo"ld NOT Then | n n cigarette IN
HE nrssence and. leaving the omen box
in 'front.' Of him, went on to talk Of
other matters but he did not make q
sinole allusion to tobacco He seemed
10 have forgotten nil about IT,
A friend called n few DAYS later TO
see the former smoker, and, knowing
nothing Of what had taken place. Of.
fered Kim cigar II was nj once re-.
f,sed md further the bvnnotic subject
nroceeded much 10 the others aston.
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