Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-28

The system rrnctIccd by II London
Physician with Success.

ltNb'sNf Allili II.
a remarkable experiment has Just
been made IN London. \ man has been
put to sleep for six days and ak
nights, and member Of our STAFF.
who suffers severely from Insomnia.
mas JUST made II his business TO find
out how II 10 done.
lie found Mr. Charles Merritt. "the
sleep DOCTOR ready with the infOrmu-
uon, 1T is all done with the eyea. "
he exclaimed; 1t Is all done by gazing
steadily and flNedly at your subject,
together with "A few passes over the
eyes, and then l can soon toll Sc the
person operated upon is unconscious
and has gone OF"
How long does It talSe?" we asked,
WIN view to get a good night 8
sleep nj last.
"ohN exclaimed Mr. Merritt Some
people 20 of in two minutes. others
take from nve to ten"
We remembered the hours we had
spent In trying 10 get TO sleep, and
how satisfied we would be with the 10
minutes effort
You must have a rood heart" con-
lnued the sleep doctor, "a sound con-
stltutlon, and must not be an excessive
drlnker. The experiment b. really dam
sctous To man who drinks to excess.
nave been operating In this way for
500 ''hH.' hNN , NtAA NJ sun AAllE ny EfANlfE
my subjects under control for nix or
seven hours, and then succeeding with
a man Tor day; and now 1 nm 80
confident OF success that my next eN-
pertinent VIII be with n lady and gem
tlemun-thc lady ] shall put to sleep
i9r SIX days and nights, and the gem
tleman for ton days and nights
Let me tell you that this experiment
which ] make is simply hypnotIsm
The subject Is really hypnotlzed. and is
perfectly lnaonsible 10 pain. This ig
the first time that such an experiment
has ever been made, and believe that
Nc subjects who are thus operated upon
win wake up IN better condition
than when they went Off. When the
man you have just seen, who lg now
sleeping for IA hours, IL awakened. he
Will only just feel little dagod nj
first, and win be able to get ON with
his usual occupation, which is that Of
n glass stainer, and partuke OF his
usual meals ut once IA the ordinary
way"
do you think science win derive
any benefit from this experiment
Yes, undoubtedly" answered Mr..
Merritt. I'm the first place such an
experiment Will tend to unravel not
a few OF the mysteries of human ma
ture, but beyond that see no renson
why II should not at some future time.
whom better understood play an i'm
portant part In the work OF cur hos.
pitfalls. A good many people have a
great horror OF chloroform aud other
anaesthetics. but / can assure you
that II would be possible to take a
limb of without the subject feeling
any pain while In this state OF un-
consciousness, produced In the simple
way ! have described. Indeed. I have
already obtained the sanction OF
subject who Is prepared to have a
finger taken on. and this operation
VIII be performed by a medical man In
proof Of my statement"
From Mr.. Morrltts opinion, II would
seem that class Of sleep-dootors win
yet arise. Al. he assures us, that II
would want Is constant practice, very
strong power Of VIII; indeed. that the
operator would have, as It were, 10
person upoI whom he was experiment.
ing.