The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-05-21
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Neh seek legislative positions for
different reasons. Some are actuated
by motives for the best interests of the
public, while others do so for. purely
selfish purposes. But the difficulty
Of those whose motives are for good is
that they are liable to be misled by
taking their individual standpoint as
sufficient proof for the interest of the
public. A member of the legislature
has introduced bill prohibiting
byptonism, except by licensed dentists
and licensed physicians in the le-
Ultimate practice of their professions.
No bin could he introduced more an
tagenistic tn public interests or more
in Tie nature OF strictly class legisla-
ton. Dentists and physicians do not
know, and are not supposed to know,
any more about hyptonism than any
Que else. IL Is not taught in the pro-
LESSONS in any sense whatever. And
II il was, not one-tenth of the people
ia Florida, or any other country, can
ailorl to patronize dentist or physi
| clan. Besides, it would throw the
monopoly nf che OF the most vital
remedies for the alienation of suffer-
Ing known to human kind in the
hands of a few who have no more
slams TO its privileges than any one
el-e, and who are no more competent
for = practice There Il just az much
g e ia auch legislation as to pass
as giving me The special privilege Of
Jahjng a trip 10 tbe moon. They are
J. en-ed II do :. thing that they are
not suppose d to have any knowledge
of claim to understand hypnotism,
and know how it Is produced and its
: results, and know whereof speak, and
, can say that there are many instances
that might he cited where hypnotism
/ Will.save life where all other remedies
q! hAud fail. For inetance, many peo-
| PIE die prematurely from vital ex-
bausiion, which is not necessary.
! Hypnoiism, being a negative force,
will arrest vital exhaustion and enable
/ sedatlyeg for rest only hasten e4haus-
ti0n and are destructive in their ten
| denotes. Hypnotism will arrest the
absorption II poision in the system
from the bite Of snake and makes
the case easy to handle. Now, must
n man bitten 10y snake in Miami be
forced 10 send to Pensacola for Ii
ceused dentist tohypnotize him, with
out dollar to pay for it with, and
man much more competent at home,
but who happens not to be licensed
dentist, be denied the privilege to do
500 When people get Over-zealDus
about good works they are sure TO
hatch out disastrous results, unless
there is some means devised to check
them. I refer him to ST. Paul, who
said; "Be We not righteous overmuch."
The father Of that bill was righteous
| 0vermuch. l assume his object was 10
cas- eff the imaginary injurious results
of hypnotism. | claim there are no
such evils as the result of hypnotlsm
from the fact that such thing as hyp-
nothing person without their full
consent IS next to impossible; hence
! hypnotism is not responsible for these
ao-called evil results. It is voluntary
act or the part of the person to be
hypuotised, and any result that mag
occur is tue result of this voluntary
act or design. This newspaper twad-
! die you read about taking advantage
of hypnotic influences is all bosh The
parties are responsible themselves,
and not bypnotism. Hypnotism is as
old As the human race, and has been
reduced to practical utility by slow de-
greeS, and ere long will be hailed with
delight throughout the civilized world
SIS Is result has already demonstrated
the fact that il wards of pain and re-
lieycs suffering and any attempt to
break il down or bar its progress by
legislation will not only be futile, but
stand on the book Of record as much
oi blur as the witchcraft laws of
ace to human safety. Such a law
would open the door to vicious perse-
caiiou without remedy, sufficient to
run civilization out of the state, 1t
would be a revival Of the Massachu-
sets crusade against witcheraft by
parties for revenge, jealousy, or any
imaginary grievance, or even sport,
aud the prosecuted would have no
means Of defense. And the most OBJ
ieeiionable feature of the law would
lie hat, while it would prevent the
good results of hypnOtism, it would in
no sense remedy the supposed evils,
as our laws now protect the public
from every evil that is supposed to re-
silt from hypnotism, and the idea of
holding hypnotism responsible for
those things is totally unfouuded and