The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21

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part of thoughtless or ignorant spectators
TO interfere in the way of suggesting or
awakening from sleep have been followed
by distressing and even alarming symp-
toms.
Hypnosis Is commonly induced by con-
centraung the attention of the subject
upon some bright object like the nickel
plated point protector of a lead pencil a
stud in the shirt BOSOM or the eyes of
the operator. The writer uses an o.d-fash-
Toned gold pencil, columnar in shape, with
a large carnelian capital; and this is held
in such a position as to cause the eyes
Of the patient, who should always recline,
both to look upward and to converge The
prolonged unusual exercise of the eye mus
clos involved soon tires them out, the lids
begin to CULVER and the suggestion is then
quietly given that refreshing sleep is about
70 enSue. Usually from two to fifteen
minutes are occupied in bringing about
hypnosis; but there are refractory cases
that require from one to two hours of in
tense mental effort on the part of the ply
sician. In such instances. the procedure
described above may be prohtaby supple
mented by light passes, or by holding firm
ly the hand of the patient and concen-
trating the whole force of ones will in en-
effort to overcome his automatic resist
ance to hypnouzation.
The possibility of hypuotsm depends on
the existence of a special sympathy, or
rapport" between the hypnotlst and the
hypnotized subject. What proportion Of
human beings are gifted with the power
to establish this essential rapport is not
known. II is the opinion of the writer
that every person of average intelligence
capacity car hypnotic somebody, and
that the great mass Of human beings are
hypnotizable
The phenomena of hypnotism are scien-
tihcally eXpicable on the supBositon of a
double self, or duplex personality, each self
having a distinct state of consciousness.
One of these states is called primary con-
sciousness, and for want of a better ded-
milton it may be explained as the self
iuminousness of the objective mind. the
inner light ia which all the mental actions
OF the waking mind are made visible to
that mind. The other called the second
airy consciousness, holds those mental pro-
cedures of which we know nothing-all au-
tomato actions. Each human being is
thus an individual with two distinct phases
OF existence. In hypnosis, the secondary
consciousness, called also the subjective
mind to the sublmnal self, is susceptible
to a kind of impression by suggestion
which is virtually the insinuatou of an
impulse or belief into the mind of the
subject by REPEATED gentle but emphatic
declarations While the patient is In the
hypnotic condition, his subiminal self il
in control of his intellect, his emotions,
and his WILL and any suggestions positive
ly impressed upon 1t arc fulfilled at the
time and after waking 1t Is not necessary
to carry the patient into the stage OF SOM
nambulism, where the mind power is ex.
allied and physical activity is increased In
order. n ba hapoHaiaI aff ~
hypnotism. In the first stage of deep
| sleep, the subliminal self unhesitatingly ac-
| cepts every emphatic statement of the hyp-
| notizer; and even where hypnosis is not
| complete and a state Of partial conscious
ness exists, suggestions are acquiesced in
| by the patient and the purpose in view is
| partially. If not wholly accomplished no
matter how much the suggestions given
may clash with the dominant ideas or av-
cry day practices of the patient. In this
way are banished from sufferers expe-
rience morbid mental states, decisions,
| emotional weakness, hysterical crises, and
| insomnia. Reputable physicians in this
| country, as well as abroad, are reporting
cases by the thousands, in which hyp-
/ motto treatment has acted as a palliative
or cure. These cases include not only
| functional nervous disorders but also dis
cases in which pain is a prominent symp-
/
culosis and cancer. The nervous symp-
toms are brought under the patients au-
tomato CONTROL the physical functions OF
| digestion, absorption, and circulation are
stimulated, the appetite is improved, and
| sleep is secured by the establishment OF
general functional harmony.
Hypnotic treatment Is frequently rein
forced by what is called Interrogation
Psychology has demonstrated that the
Of.
as amenable 10 suggestion by his own OBJ
jectiye mind as by the objective mind oil
an outside person. Suggestion by an OBJ
jective consciousness TO its own sublimina
self is called auto-suggestion. The state
| of reVeries which Immediately precedes
natural sleep is the most appropriate for
auto-hypnotsm, and some physicians are
treating through this channel alcohol and
! drug additions.
| q A most important condition of success
In hypnotic treatment of either kind Is tn,
desire Of the patient to be cured. If un.
| willing at first, consent may often be OBJ
| tanned by appeal to his higher instincts
| Given this acquiescence and a high-mind
ed operator and rapport" is almost SURF
| 10 be established.
believe that Christian phianthroplst
whose life represents continuous outgo
ing of self in service TO his brother man
| Is 1kely 10 De IN rapport TO greater
or less degree with everybody. 1t wa
with this conviction that l began during
the past winter the class Of experiment.
herein enumerated, in the hope Of proving
that hypnotism may be successfully EN-
ployed in The treatment of criminal pro
pensities and moral anaesthesia.
In one of the New York lodging house
for boys, the only institution Of the kin'
to which / am accorded access, numbe
OF intelligent young fellows. representing
the newsboy, bootblack, and errand DO!
class, were found DESTROYS Of being free
from practices prejudcial to their physi
cal and moral health. These cases ma!
be classified under the heads of cigarett
addiction, kleptomania, sexuaf perversion
and low or misdirected intelligence. Tn
method pursued with cigarette smokers
some of whom admitted the smoking an
inhaung Of forty 10 fifty cigarettes da.
and exhibited many symptoms OF nico
tine poisoning, was TO deprive them grad
ually Of the stimulant. The suggestion wa
given TO smoke fewer cigarettes, each da.
Of the ensuing week. until the numbe
was finally reduced to one after each meal
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