New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
HYPNOTTSTS POWER.
wouES MORE EASILY INFIIENCEp TiiAN MEN
THE LIMITS or COERCION

From The London Chronicle
have had a further interview WITH pr, he enc
P0fcle- on the subject Of hypnots'i IN thiCoi az
coriing 70 the teach,nx Of me wv enn,,,os. 70
Womcr arc much more easily hypnotized tnah M, mn
because the majority Of 'hrfn SUM, e ~ men an
average Of three In ten are hysirilCal ..,, O.,
10 oi,,te easy TO make her believe that she is ID "A
garden ful! u singing birds and h', taGe ." ~ W
a small piece Of wood is given 20 hor ana TIE doG,
tor tells her It Is serpent sh" WI diop J., WI"
horror and start back in fear; She VIII onry the
doctor in ali minor matters but Immediately ne
suggests something to whlcn hfr h',han if -
or education objects she refuses 10 obey u ,nS
doctor persists in his order she IL generally seized
Win yoen, IN nery oy,nr " brcn once or
twice paten, has grea' hkinE Tor ~. doG ,hs
VINO hypnotze1 her Inc rotnorkeA IN the case OF
S9,Ienis who refused 10 cat for several days II
mas men 70 oske5 70 put her into scmna mbullstic
STATE He then orders that she must eat ~ GER
tain hour after she wakes mp ]" every instance
Fi' asStd the doctor II he thought patient could
certatn por.on's favor He was Of the opinion that
this would be quite possible IL me suuj"Gd VIZ We
influence OF the hypnotizer BHl he was h Sr
cdica attendant and she was Il, ,nee VOW Veil
known fact that people nearly alway- desire 70
leave money "a hcnsns" they appreciate acts OF
ing attention and kindness more when iying on
,Sk nea ,b n" and wisely forbds The doctor who
attended, n deceased person during last .llncss 70
hecomc heir TO the estate. little souvenir ~ all
no, he is allowed to accept.
havo als. seen Dr. Korner. n well Unknown CON
suItine phygician In Paris Although he studied nc
~ g. lrn,atrisre he does entirely agree with
re teaching on hypnotism He practically repre-,
eents Tho halfway school between Salpetriere ana
Nancy Dr Korner does not think THAT IN" pa
tent vas entirely under the hypnotic influence In
tbe Instance which mentioned on Monday. where
The subject attempted 10 commit murder yet knew
mat the weapon Was harmless. This was demon
strated by Giles de Ia Tourette IN some OF his
marvellous experiments There are three stages
in observation-disclosures. lethargy ana somnam @
hullsrn In the third stage the subject is eniirely
under the Influence OF the hypnotzer. During one
cxncriment a patient was told TO poison one or the
doctors She put what she supposed was poison
weather was so exceedingly hot that she was sure
ne must be thirsty He refused once or twice. hut
she persisted At last he consented but requested
her 10 drink first This she pretended to DO, but
dId MOI wet her lips He then drank from the glass,
and fell back as II dead She had absolutely no re-
morse yet firmly believed she had committed muir
der In another experiment the patient was given
a pistol and told 10 KIN n certain house surgeon.
As soon az he came into the room she fred point
blank at him .
Or Korner believes that the patient must first
have a grudgc against the supposed victim. As
long ms the germ OF spite or dislike Is there the
hypnotizor increase II IN the mind OF the sub
iect until he she firmly believes In tho necessity
OF committing murder. DR.. Korners opinion on
The question whether patient could be hypnotiEcd
into writing "a will H. Identical with the View ex-
pressed by DR. potelct