The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-15
What Dr. De Monco Had to cay OF the
GSeat Science.

what Dr. De MOncO hau 10 cay OF the
G Seat Science.
Horatio, there are more things be-
| tween heaven and earth than your phi
! losophy has ever dreamed of. That is
what the melancholy Dane said 10 his
chum five hundred years ago, and it is
| still so that there are more strange
things that are inexplicable than there
were in the days of Hamlet, for as man
| goes in pursuit of knowledge TO the ut
most bounds of human thought he finds
that the field of his Investigations
grows wider and wider, and this is true
. Dunn fiumines current in mare.
! The discovery of the Y ray seems
plausible now yet very recently the sug-
gestion of such discovery would have
been ridiculed by the general public. So
il is with others sciences and more es-
pecially with the science of hypnotism
in which wonderful strides have been
made, some of which it would not now
be safe TO relate for fear of entailing
the ridicule of the multitude.
A reporter for the Eagle yesterday
called on DR.. De Monco at the Manhat-
tan, who viii give a series of lectures
and experiments at the opera house this
week, and is acknowledged as one of
the authorities on the science in this
country TO ascertain the latest advances
made in this interesting science. The
doctor was found at his room and prov
ed to be courteous gentleman, who,
while he has learned and striking in ap-
pearance, yet does notseem Ostentati-
Gus. He is a physician, and has been a
student of hypnotism for fourteen
years. He expressed himself willing to
make statements for publication and
talked very Interestingly for some time
in modest way of his personal expert
ments and experience.
In late years and quite recently the
foremost professors of Europe have
been stimulated to deep research in the
science from successful experiments es-
pecially in the cure of mental Diseases,
the foremost opponents of the science
for this purpose being Forbes Winslow,
the great English expert of diseases of
the mind; Kroft Won Ebing, the eminent
Austrian professor of mental and nerv-
Gus Diseases, and the celebrated Brown
De Baupree, the sociological expert of
France, who have all contributed TO
science the practical value of hypnot-
ism in curing insanity. DIR. De MOnco
has a theory of his own to convert the
science for the reformation of criminals
which he says is going to supercede the
reform schools that do not reform. He
emphasizes the argument by showing
that the cells of the mind are forming
in the child until maturity, and the
same way that mind can be educated
for criminal tendencies as in children
born of criminal parents so they can be
educated by hypnotic suggestions to the
contrary. The effect on the human is
wonderful The respiration of a human
hVnnnTiN
pulse can be reduced to 40 and increased
to 175 in a good subject without injury
to the subject, and habits such as the
morphine or cigarette are continually
cured by this science.
The doctor related many interesting
experiences in his career of persons I'M
der the influence of hypnotism. Henry
Miller. we'll known citizen Of Denver,
sacrificed a beautiful crop of beard for
the sake of science and the doctor
vouches for the truth of the incident.
Mr.. Miller had a PETER beard of which
he was very proud. He and his partner
in business conducted experiments of
various kinds and tried hypnotism. His
friend put him under the influence. and
suggested that his beard would fall out
in a given time. He repeated the eX-
pertinent several times and soon the
hair began to fall out and today Mr..
Miller's face is as smooth as a child'S.
This post hypnotic suggestion is what
Svengali IS supposed to have used but
the doctor says that 70 do what Du
Maurier's creation did would be impos
sible for scientific reasons. At a press
club banquet at Chicago some time ago
the doctor conducted some practical eX-
periments and a the suggestion Of some
members a member was placed under
the spell and told TO sing. He had never
sang a word in his life. but at the sug-
gestion began 70 sing after suffering eX-
treme torture. The gentleman was re-
leased by the doctor and explained that !
he had suddenly been seized with an
irresistible desire 70 sing an although |
ne made a great effort could not.