The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-18
SClEECE OF llYp%O|ISI..
An Erfort III Es,ahii+h that Swsh Il Thing
Exists.

d =. W. Scripture. OF lie Yale psy-
Geological laboratory, who Tor tn last
two years has been investigating va
riOus hypnotic phonomeu", les cs,ah-
lshcd certain Wcll-deincd faC.s upon
which science Of hypnctism can he
erected. Or. Scripture has just 2 ven
full details of the discovery. which he
announced some time ago. Of ! method
o. mcasuring taIm'inatio2s. "a has
found q way 30 m asu c. is e 'r ca
dic-poWcr. . sug~octiVo effect Of ii"it.
to produce Authorizations of tones that
the eoval In intensity 10 real tones,
whose physical energy can be m as
ured, ard 40 cause q person by walk
ing a certain number of feet to see
sp"t where tn re is EOHa. In fact, hyp-
notisn ie shown to hC wOHderfu,
force" which is Just merging from
the the cloud o. cha!la anism hi n has
utsCurel it Tor ages and which must
now he classcd among legitimate and
scientific phenomena.
one or the typical experiments tried
by Dr. Scrirtura In injunction wi h
Pr G. Z. Saashore. was on The senaH
o. hearing. \ person from outside tha
laboratory would he invited to enter
for the purpose Of having his hearing
tes+ei. l'o was placed in ncrf city
ouipt room IL was told that tr,c-
graph s"rnder on the table beside him
would make Il clic';. and that then q
v.ry faint click would rc produced in
Tie room. The tone at fi"rt would ne
too faint to he heard lut gradually
would grew louder. Just as soon as
he heard the tone he was to press Il
telegraph kew. He was lCft alone,
and the e%perimentrr went to tie an-
uaratus in another room, where he
could manipulate the telegraph hey,
tha toro instrument ana tie recording
apparatus he first made the eOundcr
IN the other room click and thcn hn
slowly Increased the intensity Of The
tone till the person Just heard It, \
record Of the intensity Of the tone was
then made. This was repeated ten
times After that no tone whatever
was needed It was sufficient to make
tie sou der click and the p rs1n w uld
after second or two. declare that h
beard he tone Just as before. This
could be repeated as ortor rs desired
The tone in such cases was q pure he'll
lrcination. produced by suggestions
from the first ten exp rimonis.
In similar manner hallucinations Of
smell. of taste, of touch and of heat
We're produced. and it was even found
possible to make person actually see
an object that did not exist. Strange
to sav, also. although all< the people
Experimental upon Were pr 'ec'lr sane
and normal, yet the various haliucina-
tory symptoms of insanity could be
produced on small scale by apnro-
nrinte suggestions Almost as curious
ig the fact that they w1ro not hyp~ OF
i1ed IN cry way whatever. Or ScYin-
tn'N ~ rc~nrds &C most potent factor
in The application Of his re nj - the fact
''Ht they 0n"n out fruitful feld of
invcSli"ati1r into min1 1'~0a7n. Tho
greatest ruh'ic interest lies l. the rr1
tint y" 0NNroren' are not Tcol'y alb
norm ~, Nr' arc Toinr on a"ou"d MS oil
tho ''Tn. We ourselves nrc Influenced
"o0tirra''V by suggestion without
KNOWN" It Owing TO SUGGESTIONS,
ruch of whet we sec is not true much
nj what we thinl; Is false.