The sun., 1898-02-13
HYPk0TISM IN THIS CITY
Prot. Di~"ans Exercises His
Wonderful Power.
EXPLAINS HIS NEW METHOD
He Makes Complete Explanation nf
the .Ab:lity He Possesses to Make
On" Apparently tnrOn-
-IJuS

ProfesS"rl, II. DiggAns, the hypnoti-l
and one nt his subjects gave an interest,
/ ing entertainment last Wednesday night
at his home, 3O3 West seventh street.
Hennis, his subject, was put in a cata
leptic state ard bore four hundred and
| fifty pounds ON his breast
| He ais" put IA lady in the same state
gives she had seven teeth pulled. He
and Il full statement below. which is
the key and .ecrr. Of hypnotiSm.
wlypnotism is creating widespread
sensation, and is being taught through
out this country as well as all of Europe
as a science. There is much gained by
the knowIc,l g oi hypnotism.
''lt is too bad, insane persons cannot be
treated, for there are IA great many cases
Of deafness, etc, that have been cured
and the nrntally weak persons are in
capable OF c"nctntratipl That is essential
to the hypnotic 'tatc.
! Dr. Simon, OF New York city, has
thought out Il machine, had it patented
and put in use, with which he can hypnn-
tie ninety-cight per cent, and he is the
only man living who has hypnotiscd an
insane person.
Mr.. c. Harvey Diggans Of this city,
! who has for sometime made il his study
! has new method of producing hypnotic
sleep, which can hypnotzc to greater
per cent. than in the old method. Where
he has used it, it has caused widespread
sensation The subject passes off into
peaceful sleep and when awakened is
in IL pleasant state OF mind. This is
known as the starring method,
For years the knowIedc of how to pro-
ducc hypnotiSm has been in the posses
sion Of a few travelling professors and
charlatanS who have used every means
in their power to keep the public from
getting acquainted, but today more inter-
est is taken in it; thousands are learning
the method.
4 hypnrtisnl person II one who is pn.,-
I 81 $ |ed of no will power, and has lost the
/ valitiCnal cen III over the direction OF
ms thoughts;nlS mind is perfectly blank
yet is open to receive any suggestion,
which may hr conveyed to lln by the
operator through the ordinary channels
OF sensation.
When he Is under this power he sees
sights, and hears sounds without know
/ ing that he really secs or hears them.
The directing power oi the will being
suspended, the carability If correcting
the most ilIusory ideas by an appeal to
common SENSE, is for the time annili-
lated.
/ OF these We have Il typical example
familiar to cveryon" in dreaming, which
is Il state of automatic lncutai activity OF
Il kind 50 irregular that the most extra
ordinary characters are consistent not
merely with the most iami!iareXperinres,
but also Will each other
Yet, aS las been truI y remarked, moth
ing surprises us in our creams. as we are
never struck with the imprssibilily of
the events whic! we seem to witness,
but we accept with genuine child like
simplicity, all the wonderful combina-
tions which are successfully unfolded br-
fore the mental view.
The s;anc must b. the casc in any state
OF mental activity, as in hypnolism, in
which there is IA similar :lbrngation of
voluntary control. Prof. Dlggans will.
in the near future, explain the condition
OF II person while i'll ii hypnotic state.