The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-16

relief of the subject and, doubtless,
also, to that of the company. l then
made him put his coat under q rug
upon the floor. and told him that when
he walked he would remember that he
had put it behind the piano, which was
in a different part of the room. L TOOK
also a quarter of a dollar and told him
that it was a five-dolar gold piece (to
which he assented), and made him put
1t, with his eyes open, into the shoe
of his left foot. told him that he
would remember when he wakened
that he had put q fivedollar gold coin
in the right-hand pocket of his pants.
| then told him that he would remem-
Der absolutely nothing else except these
two things. When l aroused him from
his slumber he was much mortiied TO
find himself stretched upon the parlor
floor without his coat, in the presence
of so many ladies. To the amusement
of the company, he went at once around
behind the piano to find his coat. Not
finding it he thought some one had tax
en- it away. A few moments afterward,
when a reward was offered him If he
could find the coat he went again TO
the piano to search more closely Tor II.
He never did find it, and declares until
this day that he put 1t be-
hind the piano. When asked if anyone
had given him anything while he
was asleep, ne answered that someone
| had given him ive-dollar gold piece,
| but when told that he might have it If
| he could find it, he at once ran his hand
| into the right-hand pocket of his pants.
Yet this man was made to forget every
| single thing that he had done and said,
| except these two things, which he re-
membered, but in a wrong and different
| way from that in which they occurred.
1t is very strange. vet If is true |
| have tried the same experiment in as
| many as twenty-five cases. and the re-
| suit has always been the same-they
| may be made to forget some things and
to remember others-and those others,
| if you wish them SO, wrong.
1 have detailed our work with the
| foregoing particular subject, because
| you can, if you try, do the very same
| things; and what you do with one you
can do with ali. l have in as many as
| thirty cases done the very things de-
| tailed in the foregoing instance. Many
| things will suggest themselves to you
as interesting experiments and you will
make many wonderful discoveries as
| you proceed.
AROUSING THE SUBJECT.
have not yet told my method of
| arousing the subject, and | will now do
| so. Whenever you are ready to arouse
| lillll, llltitlS ltll Illil llil you 'li Z 5o-
ing to wake him very soon. This gives
| his mind preparation for the change
not that he would not at once awake
| if you should simply command him.
but l have decided that it is best to give
| this notice. / usually say: Now, !
| am about to wake you: you Will feel
| perfectly well; you will feel even bet
ter than you did before you became
asleep; you will not have any headache
| at all. Now, when l count three, you
| will open your eyes and wake up, and
you will be wde-awake. Now pay at
tention to me. Do you understand me?
| All right. One, two, three-open your
eyes-wake up The last words should
be spoken in a quick, clear, decisive
way.
DO not be alarmed if occasionally a
| subject who has been long in profound
| lethargy seems to be drowsy and only
| half awake. Talk of him and he will
very soon be all right. There is abso-
lutely no danger of failing to wake a
| subject. / have read somewhere that
you have to snap your fingers before
them, or blow in their face. These
methods, accompanied by the proper
suggestion, will certainly work, but |
think a gradual transition is always
best for the subject. He is not then so
bewildered
Some people have wondered at my
uniform success in making my subjects
completely forget what they have done
while under my influence. l do not
know how it happens, unless it be for
this reason, viz, / always make them,
just before waking, slumber very pro-
foundly. l say, Now, / am going to
let you sleep soundly for awhile, and
you will forget every single thing you
have done while you We're asleep" III
/ want to make some exceptions | name
them again to the subject and tell him
20, l,,,S lnt h,.N llnr hos
things, but that he will forget every
single thing else. l then let him SLEEP
for few seconds, or minute, being
careful to not make him perform any
more afterward. Then, before | pro-
ceed to wake him, l tell him he has
forgotten those things. Sure enough
when he wakes he has no recollection OF
them. This has been true of every sim
gle case which | have tried. | have
never had a case in which the subject
was only partially hypnotized.
Again, | have seen it written that q
person can wake of his own volitior
whenever he wishes. This is not so, il
you impress the subject with the sug-
gestion that he cannot wake until you
tell him to do SO; and that no one eN-
cept you can possibly wake him.
have several times had persons to beg
with persuasive pleading that | wake
them. Yet these same persons would
|
gestiOns, and, after being walked
would have forgotten everything that
occurred during the sleep-sometimes
contending that they had not been
asleep at all, and denying that they had
done any of the ridiculous things OF
which we told them. l once told a sub
ject that no one could wake him except
myself; and after ! had impressed hin
with the suggestion ] left him lying
PROSTATE upon the floor, Ten or iifteer
minutes afterward, at one time an houl
after, ] had sent some men, one afte,
another, to try to wake him; and every
single one had failed even though al
had shaken him vigorously.
was cruel enough once to make g
youth, without waking him, walk into
a lake of water to the depth of his
throat. ! wanted for my own benefit tc
see if it would wake him; so
told him it would not. l did
however, tell him that the watel
was a cornheld, and that he would &c