The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-14

subjects head TO fall forward, and oom.
| plete relaxation Of his muscles followed
| This man." said DR.. Simon, lis nov
hypnotized and In a state of letharey.
shall produce In him greater use Of his
senses than he has been able to eniov h,
increasing their constituencies"
For few moments DR.. Simon mazda
| passes about the subjects head. The man =
| body grew rigid There were more Masses
and the body relaxed In response. Now
said Or. Simon. I'VE are ready for the ex
| pertinent"
Inserting a, red glass into the opening OF
gas reflector. the doctor closed the ma :
TENTS eyes. shaft of rod light tell upon
the subjects face. which at once assumed
| different expression.
Tell me how you feel at this moncr,
and what do you fecl?" said the doctor
The subject answered slowly and with
apparent fatigue II feel a warm glow
diffused over my entire body. but I feel
1t more at my throat than anywhere else. y
The doctor next deftly inserted violet
colored glass in the reflector The chance
was startling The subject at once bIrst
into tears, and would not stop until the ylo
let glass had been removed. He was asked
why he had cried, and stated in reply that
he did not n)w, but that an intense feel
ing of sorrow had come over him, which he
could not dislodge but which had entered
| into his very being
An orange colored glass was then insert :
| ed. The subject at once became conyulsed
with laughter, which subsidized only when
| The glass had been removed There re-
manned, however. stlfening of the upper
| lip on the right side. which was overcome
| only by awakening tho subject. He was
then rapidly hypnotized.
Immediately dark brown colored glass
was inserted In the reflector. The result
| of this was that an expression of fear an
rnd mn fup Ia ic Ina
ed his eyebrows drew up, and his face was
| that of man in mortal fear Of some ter
rible danger.
A green glass was next placed In posi-
| ton. This time the subjects face assumed
a look of calm contentment. and he said
on being questioned. that 1t produced in
him refreshing and stimulating feeling,
which gave him more pleasure. in some in
descrbable way, than any other glass had
A blue glass was now used. His face
was study. and he stated that he felt
good one moment and bad the next. 1t
seemed to produce complex mental strife
of like and dislike. such that he could not
analy2e or describe
An olive colored glass made the hyp-
Noticed blind man rub his hands and
chuckle. but in this instance there devel-
oped rigidy of the lower lip that did not
relax until the glass was removed.
a garnet glass. when inserted, produced
fear, the facial appearance being rather
that of perplexty. This concluded the
doctor. as he awakened the subject, sis
as far as l have gone"
Il should say however that these ex-
periments are not alone for tho value they
have in showing the effects of color upon
our mentality, but also as means of using
these results for their practical utility in
my practice. 1t is well known that the
conditions surrounding sick patient have
long been regarded as having positive in
fuence for good or bad upon his recovery.
The good effect OF bright surroundings and
agreeable colors has ever been admitted,
and it is especially powerful in the case Of
persons OF great nervous susceptibility
The variations in color effects upon the
human mind have never. so far as know,
been thoroughly analysed and methods
cally arranged.
DR.. simons attention, after tho forego-
ing experiments. was called to tho investi-
cations now being made In this city by the
society. 1t has been claimed in the courts
that criminals should not be punished on
the ground that they were hypnotic sub
jects and had transgrcssed under influence
of suggestion" from controlling mind.
sometimes the law has acQuiesced In this
view and the prisoner has gone free
But more frequently the plea has failed
1t looks now as though the question will
be answered, and hypnotsm be explored to
its depths by the psychologists of the Med
leo Legal society.
Dr. Simon is a prominent apostle OF the
new creed. He was a pupil OF Charcot OF
Paris. He does not depend entirely upon
his hypnotic powers. and has many pa
tients whom he treats in the regular way.
but he claims much for proper suggestion
while subject is hypnotfsed. He was one
OF the experimenters at the last meeting
OF the io-Legal society.