The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12

upon the girls mind, so that now. when
ever she sees the physician, whether on
the street afar off, or In a ROOM her
eyes become fixed and she moves toward
him like a fascinated being. i u.s. In fact
case OF seH-hypnosis consequent upon
the mental impression associating the
physician with that state. In time Ii prob
ably VIII wear off In other cases this
same doctor has failed signally to cure
the same disease by the same means An
other uptown doctor for several Yeas
now has treated an old colOred woman.
VINO has been servant IN his family for
years, for nervous headaches. When they
first began, some ten years ago, they APP
peared to be utterly irremedial. 1t was
with small hope OF success that the ply
stefan essayed hypnotism. 1t proved COM
pletely successful Ordering the old Wo-
man to look fxedly at a glass ball
he soon put her to sleep, and upon her
awakiug an hour later she declared her
self perfectly cured. Since then, every re-
currence of the headache has been treat
ed with similar success but last summer
while the doctor was I'm Europe old Di-
ony for two days, despite the efforts Of
an associate Of the first doctor to ale
viate the pain.
record is that of a wealthy young man of
this city, who some years ago became
victim of drink. His family had been pa
tents of DR.. r. Osgood Mason. and The
young man when suffering from the effects
of his debauches would come to DR.. Ma
son $ ONCE Tor treatment ana help. FINAL
y ii came TO pass where the doctor told
the young man that he was in a fair way
TO become a dipsOmaniac, If he wasn't one
already, and that his reason or his life
would be the forfeit if he couldn't control
his appetite for alcohol. The young man
said that he would take the uledge. A
month later he staggered into DR.. Ma
sons office in pitable condition, the eff
feet Of a weeks debauch.
For Gods sake doctor" he cried
make me sleep or IL go crazy or kill
myself. / haven't dared close my eyes for
do
It was eident that he was on the verge
of delirium tremens Making him lie down
on the lounge, the doctor sat beside him
and began making strokes across his fore
head Soon the Young man said droWsily:
You re putting me to sleep; don't STOP
For many years Or. Mason had made a
study of hypnot ism. He determined to try
suggestion In this case. When the young
man had become quiet, he asked him:
''Are you asleep?"
YES" said the young man.
"But yoo.u! can hear what l say and I'M
derstand?''
50 y eS.
Then the doctor went on to impress It
upon his mind that he must keep away
from all liquor, telling him emphatically
that thereafter the very smell of liquor
would be repulsiVe to him. on coming out
of his sleep the young man remembered
nothing of what the doctor had said to
him; but a few weeks later, going into a
barroom for a pack OF cigarettes, he
caught a WHIT from a glass OF WHISKY
and became violently nauseated. Since
that time he has not touched liquor ana
Just as DIR. Mason told him, the very smell
of il is repugnant to him.
Sometimes the use of hypnOtism has
| discouragiug results even where the cure
| is effected. Such was the case with a
young physician who has a good prac-
! tice on the upper west side. The wife
of q prosperous business man sent for
him to treat her for persistent insomnia.
After other attempts to cure her had fail
hVnnOtIZR0
method of throwing flashes of light into
her eyes from mirror, and after a few
visits had induced a condition such that
she obtained natural sleep. Soon after
he pronounced her cured her husband
came into the Doctors office in a condi-
| ton of great excitement.
What have you been doing to my wife2''
! he demanded.
Eve been curing her" said the physi-
clan. rs anything the matter?"
Enough is the matter. You've been
practising some mermerism or some such
/ tomfollery on her"
Hasn't it had the desired effect?"
'Oh, l don't say she isn't cured, but I
want to ask you what right you had TO
| make a fool of her that way"
Il make a fool Of no one said the doc
Didn't you shake a mirror in front NJ
| her and tel her some rot about mesmer-
| izng her3s'
-, = /, ala ,, Hypnotic her, and that is why
wen, it's a damned outrage. There's
| no such thing as hypnotism or mesmerism.
! It's fake. You've a Quack How dare
! you hypnotic my wife?"
If it's fake, how could I hypnotize
her, you blazing idot?" cried the doctor.
/ getting mad.
"Of course, it's a faker' shouted the
man. You've made a fool of nv wife
and. now you're trying to make a fool of
4 me-" "
Don't need top retorted the doo+or
/ but III make a surgical case of YOU If
you ever come here again. Get out!'
Ana so he lost good patient
/ The second class of those WHY use bvD
notism are the professional performers.
| such as those now exhibiting in This cifJ
| AS rule, they conf1ne their appearances
/ 70 lhe smaller towns, and the present ac-
/ cess OF interest in their art, as thew caIl
H. IS responsible for the invasion Of the
I metropolis. Often they have with them
their own subjects, introducing them = :
s!uch; but this is not in all cases collu-
! sion and trickery. Particularly suscepti-
/ ple subjects are hard to get and some
! q the persons called "accomplfces'' bv
4 thoseA who disbeleve in hypnotism are
! generally hypnotized by the performer.
ana ara Maid tr travel around with him