The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-20

! this kind of deception hears taunting or
insulting voices calling after him in the
| street and making injurious insinuations
about him. A strange kind of auditory
hallucination is what is called audible
| thinking wherein the sufferer hears Ills
own thoughts spoken aloud and imagines
that they can be heard by everybody. or
else hears them repeated or dictated to
| nm by an imaginary being. A woman,
while walking alone, hears voice calling
TO her; she turns around, but there is no
one. While she is at her work familiar
| voices speak In her ear She hears them
on both sides, but perhaps chiefly on the
right. A famous minister of state con-
stantly heard insulting words spoken in
his left ear The words were heard most
distinctly when he was lying on the other
ear or when that ear was otherwise clos
! ed. The case is recorded of a woman who
after dinner party, heard repeated not
the conversation Of the persons to whom
she had been listening at the dinner. but
the talk of her neighbors on the other
side, which she had not consciously noted
at the time.
Visions Of colors and sometimes pro-
duced by drugs and are due to subjective
stimulation of the organs of vision. DR.
Theodate Smith, woman expert in ex-
perimental PHYSIOLOGY, made some inter-
esting trials not long ago of the effects
OF species of cactus which is used for
intoxicating purposes by the Kiowas and
other Indians of the Southern prairies
They chew 1t and it produces an effect
somewhat like that of hasheesh. While
under the influence, she described to an
attendant, charged with making a record
of her words, a series Of wonderful dis
sowing views. An electric fountain of
many colors was succeeded by flashes of
light with intense green predominatine.
Ihen came flower forms, with quantities
OF violets, yellow in color These were
followed by deep opal blue rings run
ming outward from a center and in con
slant notion. Next appeared a complex
Greek pattern of dark blue with white
COTS suggesting snowflakes over il, this
changing through many tints to TURQUOISE
and becoming a bowl and pitcher orna.
mented with gold. Subsequent appear.
ances We're of ship with square sails.
embroidered leather with rainbow coIors
hlckering over IL. cats fur OF blue and
white. the form of great centipede. r.
beautiful chandelier richly ieweled ana
blazing with light phosphorescent fish
eyes ana fish scales a picture of an arc
tic sunset, ceiling from which hung rib
bons OF every color and camel with gor.
geous trapDings and palm tree behind
HIM
"Ali the North American tribes have in
toxicants that produce hallucnatlons.
Ihey supplement them with dancing sing
ing, drum-beating and tormenting the
body for the purpose OF helping on the
ecstatic state and encouraging the ilIusorv
phenomena The savages believe that
the hallucinations convey communications
from the invisible world. They resort 10
them to get view of the past and future
50 that their conduct may be governed BY |
superior knowledge. The character of the
Authorizations caused by excess Of alco-
hol is well known. Terrifying Impressions
predominates. Sweet voices are sometimes |
heard, melodies delight the ear and fair
landscapes appears 10 the eye, but this
seldom lasts long. Monsters and serpents |
take the place of flowers and vermin. rep
tiles, etc, appear in great numbers |
swarming over the bed and up the wal. |
Sometimes black men appear, who gbber |
and threaten, and then vanish up the |
chimney.
Drugs or Inflammation of the ear may
produce auditory illusions. Disease of the |
nose sometimes makes Illusions of smell |
The imaginary smells are occasionally very !
delicious, but more often they are dis |
gushing. It IS the same way with the
sense of taste, which is most apt to be af |
Iected by illusions Of nauseous or poison
GUS havors. In the early stages of paral- |
ysis the patient sometimes experiences ali
the enjoyment of an imaginary feast Hal
fluctuations OF taste are rare however. ana
50 likewise are those OF smell A person
afraid of being murdered has been known
to be haunted by fumes Of charcoal. nox-
ious gases and poisonous dust. Where
sense of touch Is affected the haIiucina-
tons are usually of insects, mice or snakes
crawling on the skin.
I am not speaking Of the decisions OF
the insane, but Of hallucinahons 10 which
persons normal In other respects NAV be
subject Oliver Cromwell had his great
ness foretold 10 him by an apparition
Socrates enjoyed the constant companion.
ship Of q benevolent demon who warned
him Of impending evil. II is a fact, I'M
fortunately, that Manifestations are tho
frequent cause Of violent and criminal |
acts In epilepsy hystcria and eoe,nah,, |