The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-15
HYPNoTIsM FoR SMOKING.
Instances I'm which the Desire for
Tobacco Yielded TO "suggestiOn.v

From the New York Herald.
Hypnotic influence may be made to
serve innumerable uses. Among the very
latest il that OF taking away the taste
for smoking. All confirmed smokers know
what absolute suffering is involved In am
attempt to forego the cigar pipe and
cigarette. They may. therefore. be relied
upon to take peculiar interest in two cases
recently treated by a specialist abroad,
the details OF which 20 TO prove that II
a man desires TO rid himself Of the smok-
ers' habit, and other methods fail, hyp-
motto suggestion" Is capable of achiev-
ing the desired result.
The first case Is that of a smoker 60
years old, who was a slave to tobacco.
He began the habit at IS, and continued
it, without a break, for forty seven years.
He lit up as soon as he awOke In the morn
ing and until ne fell asleep at night there
were few intervals I'm which he was not
vigorously engaged In blowing cloud.
He had made some attempts during recent
years to moderate his passion for tobacco,
but without success. The warnings on
his physicians were in vain.
They went so far as to tell him uhat ne
was showing symptoms OF a lesion or the
stomach, which might turn into cam
GER and that this was due simply to MS
abuse of the weed. They also promised
him a complete cure IL he would only
stop smoking. But It was OF no use. After
making one or two Intellectual attempts
he resigned himself to the inevitable, ana
smoked more obstinately than ever.
At this stage the hypnotizer-that ma
gician of modern medicine-appeared on
the scene He offered to try the effects
Of suggestion. After some messy ts,oll'
the smoker consented. He believed him
self doomed man, but he was willing 10
give this last chance Of salvation a trial.
The doctor held np the index niger ,S OF
tient waB fully hypnotized: Than the
suggestion was mode TO hdm Your
desire for pmoking mo longer exists
From this moment you Will not give an
other thought TO tobacco. You VIII smoke
no more cigars, cigarettes or pipes. You
win refuse all tobacco, cigars or cigar
cites that may be offered you by your
friends Tobacco will disgust you"
The patient joyousy announced the next
day that he had not smoked since, ana
that he had no desire to do so. ITO as
certain, Z" said the doctor, in his account
of the treatment whether he was re-
solved, in accordance with the suggea-
offer OF tobacco made to him by another
person, / took a box of cigarettes out
Of my pocket and offered him one. He
gave a decided refusal. begged him to
fry a smoke, but he would not Then
lit a cigarette In his presence, and, leav-
ing the open box in front OF him, went
not make a single allusion to tobacco.
He seemed to have forgotten all about It"
A friend called a few days later to see
the former smoker, and; knowing moth
n cigar. II was at once refused. and fur
ther the hypnotic subject proceeded, much
TO the others astonhshment, to make a
present to HIS friend Of all his remaining
cigars, declaring that he could no longer
bear the sight of them. The doctor con-
cludes hts history OF the case by saying
that the cure has proved permanent
one.
The other instance of this novel use of
the power Of suggestion varied In some
interesting details from the first. The
a n
veterate cigarette smoker. He had begun
when IA years old, and ne smoked on
an average twenty cigarettes a. day. He
felt that his health was suffering, and
last October he was hypnOtiZed at his
own request. The suggestion made TO
him while in the hypnotic state was:
Your desire for smoking has disap-
peared. You will smoke no more cigars
or cigarettes and will accept none from
others. II you try to smoke cigarette
The hypnotism took place In the morn
*. The Same afternoon the patient
] cit a desire to smoke. No sooner did he
try to do so than he was affected with a
feeling Of nausea and with construction
Of the throat. He was obliged to throw
away the cigarette. which he had only
just lighted.
He made no further attempt to smoke
that evening, but the following day be
tried on three occasions, and each time
with the same unpleasant consequences
So far the suggestion had only partially
influenced him. On the next dayr-thc
third-it ceased TO influence him at ALL
and he was able to smoke again as com
foTtably 8s ever.
Forthwith ne was hypnotized again
and the first suggestion wss repeated |
Tho result Of the second attempt wa |
lpul moIJ JoJ 'p9IIs9p "a pIno9 lBul M |
time to the present the patient has no. |
smoked.
-SlimpurEe. You say you are not IN
love with any one else, but yoeI are "a
love with an IDEAL Perhaps can IN
time approach that IDEAL