Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-11-10

ward and reflects all the pleasure 1t
gives her. If small piece Of wood is
given to her and the doctor tells her
1t is a serpent she will drop it with
horror and start back in fear. She will
nbey the doctor il all minor matters,
but Immediately he suggests some
thing to which her natural instinct or
education objects she refuses to obey.
If the doctor persists in his order she
Is generally seized with violent nerv-
Gus attack. AS a rule, IL is noticed
that after having been hypnotized
ONCE or twice a patient has great
liking for the doctor who hypnotized
her. The extent to which this goes
has been frequently remarked in the
case of patients who refused TO eat for
several DAYS. II has then to be found
out who last hypnotized her, and he is
asked to put her into somnambu-
listic state. He then orders that she
must eat at a certain hour after she
wakes up. In every instance she
obeys.
I asked the doctor If he thought a
patient could be induced by the hyp-
notizer to write viii in a certain per-
sons favor. He was of the opinion that
this would be quite possible if the sub
ject was hysterical and had been sew
eral times under .. influence of tie
hypnotizer. But if he was her medical
attendant and she was i'll there would
be absolutely no need to use hyp-
notism. 1t is a well-known fact that
people nearly always desire to leave
money either to their doctor or some
old servant. 1t is because they appre-
ciate acts of loving attention and
kindness more when lying on a sick
bed than at any other time. French
law has foreseen this, and wisely for
bids the doctor who attended de-
ceased person during last illness TO
become heir to the estate. A little
souvenir is all he is allowed to ac-
cept.
have also seen DIR. Korner, we'll
known consulting physician in Paris.
Although he studied at the Salpetriere,
he does not entirely agree with its
teaching on hypnotism. He practical.
~ represents the halfway school be.
tween Salpetriere and Nancy. DIR.
Korner does not think that the patient
was entirely under the hypnotic infu-
euce in a recent instance where the
subject attempted to commit murder,
| yet knew that the weapon wa:
harmless. This was demonstrated
| by Giles de la Tourette in some of
his marvellous experiments. There
are three stages in hypnotism-
catalepsy, lethargy and dsomnambulism.
In the third stage the subject is entire
ly under the influence of the hypnotic
er. During one experiment patient
was told to poison one of the doctors.
She put what she supposed was poison
| into a glass and asked him TO drink,
saying the weather was so exceedingly
hot that she was sure he must be thirs-
| ty. He refused once or twice, but she
| persisted. At last he consented, but
| requested her to drink first. This she
pretended to do, but did not wet her
lips. He then drank from the glass,
and fell back as If dead. She had abso-
lutely no remorse, yet firmly believed
she had committed murder. In another
experiment the patient was given pis-
tol, and told to kill certain house sur
| geon. AS soon as he came into the
room she fred point blank at him.
DIR. Korner believes that the patient
must first have a grudge against the
supposed victim AS long as the germ
of spite or dislike is there the hypno-
tier can increase it in the mind of the
subject until he or she firmly believes
in the necessity of committing murder.
DR.. Korner's opinion on the question
whether patient could be hypnotized
into writing a will is identical with the
view expressed by DR.. Potelet.-Cor.
| London Chrr scie.