The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-01

II any man is slave of drink let him
consult hypnotism and there find q
panacea. Hypnotism in its modern
phases has accomplished wonders.
There has never YET been discovered
man who could put an idea into an
empty head: but here in Chicago this
young man has come to light who. for
consideration. offers to remove all ideas
OF troublesome nature.
Never before in the history OF Chica-
20 has any man set himself up 10 ac-
complish these things through the mys-
terious forces OF hypnotism. But now
there has arisen this young man. who
claims he IS not only able 10 remove
all troublesome IDEAS, but who says he
Is specially endowed with The powers
that will set a man free from whisky.
morphine. cigarettes OF plug tobacco,
In France this science OF hypnotism is
much better understood that 81 is here:
but this boy no. only studied here, but
accomplished some of his most wonder
tul results among the friends who
knew him best.
For example. he recently took as a
patient 4 young man who was addict
ed 10 tobacco. This young man Was In
the habit OF smoking one hundred and
fifty cigarettes in day. After placing
him In a chair and waving his hands
(, over him in mesmeTic fashion. he told
him 90 go 10 sleep. Immediately the
subject fell under the influence Of thu
hypnotsst and seemed Ia be under COM
plete control. The weiCdness Of the
hypnot!st now became apparent. Moth
ing could be seen but the glitter OF his
bic black eyes ard sinuous movements
of his long. skeist0n-like arms. Soon
the patient was apparently IN q sound
sleep.
The cigarette fend was :heu asked
X he would like 20 smoke. OF course h.
would Ike 10 smoke. And the hypnotist
handed him lead pencil. which he
smoked with manifestations OF the
greatest enjoyment. Then the hypnot-
list passed his hands over his subjects
face. In the same meSmerlc manneT,and
said Wake up" which the young man
did withau, delay Ee was again put 10
sleep and told that smoking was in
furious. that he would no longer desire
10 smoke after waking. This was the
mode Of treatment
In the next place man with bis
bottle nose and strong whisky breath
was brought before the hypnotist. Up
7 on examination IL appeared the bottle
nosed man had been drinking for TWEEN
ty-thrce years. Professor Brouyette
put him In the cataleptic state In few
minutes. by little waving OF the
hands, or what some Ignorant people
call pow -wowing. Then h. said: Here
is a glass Of whisky" when as mat
ter OF fact II was nothing bat a glass
OF water.
He drank the water with as much
relish as IL had been Old Kentucky
whisky. Then the hypnotist said What
lin giving you n injurious to your
: health: you mug; give II UP; II Is killing
you: when yIu wake up all desire for
1T will be gone
The subject was brought out of his
trance. Thercupon the lecturer descr!b.
ed to his subject all the evils OF intem-
perance and told him how 10 get rid o!
the trouble.
The hyprotist in the next case took q
young man who Ind beer slave Il
plug tobacco for fifteen years. He put
him under the hypnotic Influence with
out the least difficulty, and then offer
ed him an ordinary business card, tell
Ing him II was the finest brand or to-
bacc0. The patient Immediately began
10 bite and chew this card as II IL had
been the finest tobacco III the world
Then the hypnotist said: How do you
\ like that?. That's fnc tobacco"
well" said the hypnotlst. II want
Y to help YOU; ! want 10 cure. OF the 10.
baccn habit; 1t Is ihjurlns YOU: II iH dc.
s.rpylnS your health. Now, | want u
toll you that you don't want any more
tobacco: you don't desire Il any more
do YOU? You wouldn't take . chew now
II you could. would you r. ~. 4.
2 In this way, says Professor Brory-