New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-18
TRANCE HYPNOTIC FEATS
.ocroRs AND OTHERS MUCH ASTON
ISHED.
-xu,n,r1oN BY sANrANELLI THAT PUZZLED

AZ EXHIBITION BY sANTANELLI THAT PUZZLED
THOSE WHOM IT DID NOT CONVINCE.
~. audience at the Herald Square Theatre yester-
a., afternoon was at liberty to believe in hypno-
~. ~ not as 1t pleased. But at the end OF the
-tormance which given everybody had 10
..soose between accepting hypnotism ana gong
~ nuzzled Some of the physicians who were
..ent evidently accepted hypnotsm. and the otners
"a M explanations TO offer. The occasion was an
.~hibition Of alleged hypnotic power by Santanelh.
.o does no, disclose the secret Of his name on MS
.,culars further than that. 1t was private exni-
s,,on and there audience Of fair size' "hicn
s,ded large number Of physicians. some OF
"hor, were men Of considerable prominence.
eentanen began with long and singulary un-
Convincing lecture on hypnotism and MS own theo-
les In regard to 1t. When he came to his actual
.vsormance II was another matter committee
- civ nhvsicians sat on the stage and took con-
.asrable part In the proceedings They were
- pobe-t Stafford Newton. DR.. Carleton Simon. DR..
s,u,xe,l Dr. Charles Martin Lee. Dr. Morgan and
~ Delando Eastlake. When these were seated the
x,ro,st brought out his subjects. six young men.
~ were evidently used to IT. But being USED 10 IL
%. nv no meals a sufficient explanation OF me
,hInss that they submitted to-
The operator made no passes. but simply told each
.. ,he Young men 70 20 to sleep and they rolled of
80 chairs one by one. Then he told them to be
.,g,d like iron or stone. Two stage hands appeared
.ra MIA ced two horses four or five feet apart,
and then stacked the young men up on them' ike
ioss In the form Of a crows nest. The spectacle
t.gan 10 be creepy 1t looked exactly as If the men
vsre piling up corpses after railway accident.
when the pile was done the hypnotist stood on the
,on NJ IT, Then the men laid on the stage
again and with a word he relaxed their Iigidity.
He next made them stand up and told them that they
we're to have some Ice cream. This was admins
tered by of the doctors in large spoonfus. and
vas mustard. The boys smacked their lips and
seemed to enjoy it greatly. Next they were treated
10 sugar. of which they appeared to be equally fond.
Dr. Newton explained to the audience that this was
eapscum ard that the quantity given to each sub
feet was about enough TO kill a man. in ordinary
circumstances. The food followed. most in
appropriaely, by alleged cocktails. made of capsi-
cum vinegar, oil. mustard and ordinary red pepper.
The young men were enthusiastic out of measure
about these. and Dr. Newton told the audience that
they would be deadly TO persons in a normal condi-
The hypnotst got a needle and quantity Of
thread and he and the doctors sewed the boys ears
and and lips together and the subjects, took
not the slightest interest in the proceedings Then
m ,o9 Of the snd speasns Situations and
while they under the decisions suggested he
fross them up as It were by a word and produced
was told that 1t was the Day Of Judgment, and
that h. had 0s rssy ney lafs He into s
have been a model for Rubens or Dore.
Ss ns he
beats OF the subject and another counted the pulse
on each side The hypnotist told the subject that
the blood flowing rapidly in his right arm.
and scarcely moving in the left. And thereupon
right pulse los. all at the same time. With an
other subject the left pulse was IS and the right
10 at the same time.
The doctors declared that this experiment was the
most remarkable thing Of the kind that they had
ever SEEN Santanelli Is to give some public ex
hibitons soon II they are like the yesterday
they are Of uncommon interest for anybody who
feels any curiosity about hypnotism. but they are
not for people with weak nerves