Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-02
|0UTSIDE POINT OF VIEW.
Written for the Times Republican.

Written for the Times-Republican.
You will remember, madam. said
the writer to Mrs. Birdseye, that on
previous occasion called your atten-
ton to the great advance In the now
established science Of hypnotism. This,
referring more particularly to the ass
sistance rendered surgery by hypnot-s
ism. In the July Harper's John d.
Quackenbos says:
Many persons are born with unbal-
anced minds or minds in dissymmetry,
one group of faculties developed at the
expense of another group, a single tal-
ent or aptitude monopolizing almost the
entire output of mental energy. The
restoration to equilibrium of such
asymmetric minds may be accomp-
l1shed by appropriate hypnotic sugges-
ton. A recent experiment of the
writer's establishes the fact that dis
equilibrium may be adjusted; a congen-s
ital cerebral deficiency overcome; a
personality crippled with thong In
hibition, mental apathy, and defective
attention transformed into personals
ity without a blot upon the brain, and
so impending insanity stunted--by the
use of hypnotic suggestion as an educa-
tional agency. In October. 1899. / ac-
cepted for experimental work the case
of the Russian Hebrew boy, George
Rubin, known to his school fellows as
Crazy George, and to the newspapers
as the nusic-mad boy genius of Brook
lyn. An examination showed at once
that young Rubin occupied the neutral
ground which divides the sane from
the insane. He exhibited many of the
prodromata of madness. viz, cxagger-
ated irritability, sulienness. preterna-
tural suspicion, accompanied With a
slowness of all thought process, great
difficulty of recollection, general inco-
herence. ill-tmed hilarity, lack of in
terest in both amusement aid occupa-
ton, aversion to the society of other
children, absurd fears, hallucinations
land night terrors and conspicuous
one-sided attention, pathologicaily di-s
unfinished for ordinary things, but NOR
bidly increased sor music. His one
passion was Nioii;iep la ying: on this sub
/ ject ne was g monomaniac.
At the second seance young Rubin
wac hypnotized in ona hour With the;
help of suspended diamond, and this
method has since been pursued IN his
case. The early suggestions We're to
+.
i5ous, that he had no fear of the dark or
[ of phantom rats, that he would sleep
without terrorizing dreams The post
| hypnotic fulfillment of these sugges-
tions Indicated the appropria teness Of
more direct educational work. The fem
per was first dealt with; the outbursts
6of passion We're forbidden; Obedience
| and docility were inculcated.
", r.
/ lowed the cultivation of the attention
and the memory. A most gratifying re-
1 Spouse to these lessons suggested the
development of the reasoning powers
and prepared for its successful and
enthusiastic pursuit. A marked char
actert change has certainly been effect
! ed. The boy is now docile, obcdient
and happy. The tangled faculties have
been unravelled and he has become RAJ
4 tional and quick of comprehension.
has acquired powers of observation,
/ concentration and recollection that he
4 was entirely without before the first
Treatment. He can describe and mar
l5rate with ease, and answer questions
4 without hesitation. His face beams
with an intelligent expression entirely
4 new toit and his interest in his SUR
roundings Is absorbing. 8"
The lady who listened to these words
apparently was hypnotized. She showed
no sign of life, ii vas safe to proceed,
Mrs. b, the writer continued. gaze
ION this suspended diamond ring. 5sug-
gsst to YOU, that you are now at Oke-
boil. You are stopping at a 81 a day
hotel. The room You occupy is exactly
eight feet wide and twelve feet long.
II You are getting meals surrounded by a
.i8big crowd and are perfectly happy in
ieating foul cooked in a way tina eouli
/ cause the charge of any girl we ever
4 had in the house. You came up here
i for a good rest and are getting il by
changing Your dress three times a day
land attending social hops every eve
ming. and afternoon teas every day. 1t
i is so cool up here hat You are obliged
4 TO Wear a thin muslin dress to keep
/ warm, and Your appearance in the Sc
\ clusion of the family circle, gathered in
this spacious room. proves sconclusiyely
we do not feel the heat here as We do
lin Marshalltown.
What a thing is science. Now Just by
/ running onto this item. the writer had
taken his better half, Thy suggestion
4 10 our fashionable watering place. she
VAS happy and contented, All this.
4 while the writer, Vas comfortably seat
he'd in the bis rocking chair minus col-
lar, Vest or tie.iais feet IL the most com
Portable pair OF slippers in town. AL
last the medium stirred. She sppks.
These were the Words she uttered While
under the influence: Mr.. Bldseye,
gaze on this suspended diamond ring.
isI suggest to you that yasi are now at
4 Oknbeji. You are sitting in a boat.
Il lin the center of the lake. The hot sun
A has been pouring down on You since :
/ o'clock this morning. You have been
fishing eight hours You have c9ugst
SIN perch. one bullheati and 18unst
pickerei. YOU have rowed q boa twelve
miles. Your hands ara clustered, your
]. arnls@a and back ache. You are thinking
4 shall sit up half Of the night giving
YOU massage afnica treatment I
.suggest To YOU 4 shall not. You spent
three hours in the bowling alley yester-
day afternoon ard suggested 10 me g
assist in Your preparations for the bed
IN our spacious room suggest to
you that shall strike and spare you
2I5all future performances of this kind.
An old man of 20 can safely let the
4 younger crowd roM ten pins. Your