The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

attention. Those who are inflicted with
the -nlalady desire for themselves some
OUTSIDE attention And they will do any
thing 10 seure that attention. as is evil
denced by this wOman's return 10 the
hospital txice in one day from the same
cause.
II they throS themselves into q sleep
it Is not improbable that they sleep
with one eye open 50 as 10 receive the
benefit of the notoriety their strange
condition Is bound 10 bring. And the ef-
feet they have upon their own bodies
is wonderful The pulse viii become
slow in The sleepers; the heart win less
frequently beat, the temperature some
times drops below normal; they can resist
galvantic battery OF knife cut and
the sleep Is 10 all intents and purposes
real. But II Is also fsigned and the pur-
pose is 10 attract attention
"Eiysteria takes many curious forms.
but the cat hypnotizing case is rather
new.
DR. Walter c. Gnsay also ridieuIed the
idea Of hypnotism. as did the hospital
physicians.
The thing 70 do. and the thing they
did. I suppose was 10 give her little
chloroform and LET her forget about II
when she woke up. II seems 10 be a clear
case Of hysteria. but there is no denying
that il took an unusual form Right in
line with this case is one Of medical
history Il seems that an eminent paysi-
clan once lived who made a specially OF
hip diseases. He was enthusiastic over
his sanitarium. and took great delight in
showing members Of the medical profes-
sion through II.
-One day he took a doctor on q tour OF
inspection and they stopped - a bed in
which lay woman with bad case of
his trouble She smiled in recognition
upon seeing the visitor. and the doctor
smiled in return When the two physi-
clans were again in the private Office the
proprietor of the sanitarium asked
You know that woman
Certainly.
What do you know about her case
Nothing much only l had her thir-
teen years ago with the same hip trou-
be and al that tine it was al put on
pure hysteria.
What" shouted the doctor Then he
d4-ted TO the door and in five minutes
Rad the supposed cripple dressed and
OF her way out 10 the hospital walking as
well as a perfectly sound woman. There
vas nothing whatever the matter with
her.
4 have cases Of hysteria in my prac-
tice. but they are all of the same kind
women who think that they are going
TO die within the next I've minutes.
The hypochrondriastic initiative is the
most annoying form x hvsteris that dc
tc-e have to cope with That : the case
Of Il ran or a woman who SITS opposite
you III table or associates with you day
hv dav
''YcU haze rad 9, q o bleeding
arse or consumption . something and
they eet it or appear &c gu ~ II imitation
thin and waste away. acquire hectic
OF YOU. II il is consumption they grow
flush and hacking cough and in every
other way appear 10 be falling into
rapid decline
When you put the stethoSro9e on them
or saund their lungs you ind .nem -
solrd IS a bell
Trey have simply hypnotizcd then
-elNtS INTO the ocleI thar they AZ j
ari the real q',t@tior for tn doctor 10
olive is how to rnake then think they
are Wal. again.
All of which COS - show what a
wonderful control We hars over our
;ceies- Hysteria IS n disease. and tha'
Is viat the woman rno WIS afflicted
with the symptoms Of tetanus wss SUI
fering fr0m-not so mrch from the eves
OF the cat. She could have been hypnotic
ed just as well by seeing her own face in
the mirror If the idea pleased her fancy