The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-08

'"' appropriate LOT utO-hypnOtlsm
and some physicians are treatin,
through tins channel alcohol and dru,
addictions.
A most important condition of suc
/ cess In hypnotic treatment of eitbe
KIND is the desire of the patient TO b,
cured. If unwilling at first. consen
may often be obtained by appeal to hi
! higher instincts. Given this acouies
cence and high minded operator. an,
rapport Is almost sure to be estab
\ lished.
In one of the New York lodoin.
houses for boys, the only institution O
the KIND to which | am accorded nc
cess, number of intelligent youn.
fellows, repre- senting the newsbov
boot black and errand boy class. wer,
found desirous of being freed from
practices prejudicial to their phvsica
and moral health. These cases ma,
he classified under the heads of 81
garette addiction. kleptomania and
low or instructed intelligence. Tn,
method pursued with cigarette smok
crs, some of whom admitted the smok
ing and lnhaling OF forty to fifty al
garcftes day and exhibited many
symptoms Of nicotine poisoning. was
to deprive them gradually of the
stlmulant. The suggestion was given
To- smoke fewer cigarettes each dnv of
the ensuing week, until the number
was finally reduced to one after each
meal
At the second hypnotism, the sug-
gesilon was, You have got through
with cigarettes and have no further
use for tobacco; it will nauseate Won.
Keep up your nervous symptoms, in
crease The irregular action of your
heart, continue to irritatc your throat
and aggravate the eve trouble i has
induced. 1t will interfere with your
success i'll life this repeated three
times. The rewards of honesty, mod.
Grafton and devotion to employ ers' in
terests We're then pictured, and tho
patient was tod to wake up at desir.
mated time, feeling encouraged, am
bitious and happy. These suggestions
are always fulfilled \ disgust for to
bacco is produced; sometimes SO
strong that after the first treatment
the patient will almost entirely fore
go its use. One subject, William Il.
who had been smoking twenty two
cigarettes day, dropped 10 four after
single sitting.
thief, seventeen years old, vino
developed kleptomania at the age of
twelve and had been repeatedly ar
rested, begged 20 be cured of his nm
comfortable impulse to steal. The
suggestion was given to him IN the
slang that he used and understood that
he would no longer feel the inclination
to steal, and then that he would not
steal, each being repeated emphatical-
ly three times. He was then told That
he lived IN n country where an honest
boy was sure to rise and an honorable
career was suggested to him depen-
dent on his respect for the property
of other people. The final suggestion
was TO lay aside his hang dog, guilty
look, TO put on a frank and manly ex-
preston and be afraid to look no man
in the eye. Words cannot express my
qualification at meeting my light fng-
cred young friend a week later with
his head erect, an open countenance,
smile Of acknowledgment on his face.
and at hearing him volunteer the in
formation. doctor, have not had
the least temptation to swipc anything
since last Sunday 20
Although the cases so far expert
mented with are few in number, they
are amply sufficient TO establish the
following facts Young persons OF
either sex under twenty are phenom
enally susceptible to hypnotism. Boys
addicted to the cigarette habit. to pro
family, and various vices are durable
by this means. The impulse to steal
is removable through hypnotism.
Stammerers may be relieved Of their
defect High resolve may take the
place Of sordid aims. lofty ideals of
low standards, mental brilliancy and
interest Of stupidity and Indifference.
have no hesitation in adding 10 this
list Of durable moral diseases the gam
bling mania. so marked among Amer
lean schoolboy3 "a we'll rs the arabs of
the street, the growing lack Of rever-
ence for superiors, habits OF disobedi
ence, habits OF lying, and general in
corrigibility. And predict that scien
titic experiments will shortly he made
with insane persons; for ! am con
vlnced from personal experience that
hypnotic suggestion is adapted to the
treatment Of deluslOns, melancholia.
monomania aud mild insanity in gen
eral.