St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-08

Of your voice." he said. "and You
will never lose it again"
Mrs. Irwin then went to her board
ing house and retired. She slept
soundly until morning, and as soon
as she aWoke remembered the doc
tors orders communicated to her
while in the hypnotic trance.
She resolved to speak aloud, and to
her amazement heard the sound OF
her own voice for the first time in
six years. Almost instantly she
rushed TO the room of her landlady.
and, on catching sight of her, eX-
claimed:
My God, 1 have got my voice back
again.
The voice sounded strange. The
muscles of the throat vibrated quickly
with the unusual exercise. The voice
was normal, although weak. Again
she tried to speak and again succeed
ed. She was in raptures of delight
Dressing herself quickly, she lost no
time in going to the office of her ply
Sician.
Doctor. l have come to thank you,"
she said.
Il have been expecting you. 1 knew
You would come to talk with me-" was
the answer. Il had not the slightest
doubt that hypnotic influence would
cure you
Mrs. Irwin's elation knew no bounds
She enjoyed long conversation with
the doctor and did most of the talk
ing herself. She was even facetious.
Doctor" She said. some people say
that woman afflicted as l had been
would make a model wife. L hope
there is none such"
Mrs. Irwin's voice sounds as it would
have sounded had it never left her
The muscles of her throat have not
developed. because she was a grown
woman when she lost the power of
speech. In a week or two, her doctor
not stronger, than ever. She expects
soon to be able to sing. Before she
met with the accident she sang in
church choir in Columbus.
while 1 felt confident that I could
not cure the woman" said her doctor.
Il cannot help feeling delighted over
my success. l am a believer in hyp-
motto remedies in some cases. l de-
other physicians had treated her with
medicine 1 would try some other rem
edy. [ found that she was suffering
from some kind of paralysis of the
vocal chords of the throat. brought
on not by local conditions. but being
of central nervous origin. [ knew that
no result could be attained by local
treatment. and l therefore sought a
nv nf 10
BY hypnotism 1 found that [ could
control the nerves which reached the
throat.
do not think that I believe in hyp-
notism as a panacea or a cure all,
but 1 do believe that it is a physi-
clans duty to use any remedy that
will gain the end in view, irrespective
of what the means are.
while she was in a state of hyp-
nosis she enacted her part in the
scene which took place six years ago
when the burglars broke into her
house. After Mrs. Irwin had been hyp-
Noticed she went into a series of con-
vulsions similar to those which [ un-
derstood she had after the fright. 1
succeeded in calming her and made
her come back to my office again.
After a few days of successful hypnot-
ic attempts l brought on the necessary
hypnosis.
Il suggested to her that she must
think of the entrance of the burglars
into her room as being purely imag-
mary on her part, and that on the
following morning when she awoke
she would be in full control of her
voice.
81 used the system practiced by
Prof. Charcot. Hypnotism, 1 believe
has a specific use in medicine just as
any other auxiliary. 1t has received
many setbacks from 'fakirs' and char
latans, and sometimes it is worth the
reputation of a respectable physician
to acknowledge that he has even
studied hypnotism incidentally, much
less to use it in his practice. Public
opinion of hypnotism is dogmatical,
and to a large extent is influenced by
ignorance"