The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07

trouble when he was a man; to take care. whenever he laid hands on any thing that was not his own, for he would get into trouble otherwise. He told the boy to remember that one of the com mandments was. Thou shalt not steal ''
 A man was there being treated for be- lieving that everybody disliked him; an. other for nervous twitching in the face; there was a woman who had an idea that her husband wanted to kill her, and he was the most inoffensive man in the world and fond of his wife. One wo- man had been troubled with hysteria for seven years. Several men and wo- men were afflicted with neurasthenia, nervous prostration. There was a child there being cured of lying. another who bit his nails; this habit. it appears, is caused by some nervous internal trouble One woman had a synovial affection of the wrist. I asked the doctor If he could do her any good: he said she had become very nervous over it, and he was try ing to have her use her arm more, for 1t had been bandaged so long that she had imagined it had become immovable
 had talk with an eminent practic- ing physician concerning hypnotlsm. He said:
 You know that a series of lectures on hypnotism takes place every winter at Dr. Berillon's quarters, in the Rue St. Andre des Arts, and delivered a course of lectures myself. I quit because I have not as much time as would like to have to devote to hypnotism. However, 1 am very familiar with the subject, and I can safely say that Dr. Berillon succeeds in making many cures. Quite number of nervous diseases can be cured by hyp- notism; for instance. mania, drunkenness, nervous twitching, nervous troubles of the vital organs, all diseases which are believed to have their origin in the brain"
 Can stammering be cured by hypnot- ism?"
 If the cause of 1t is in the brain, if the person cannot collect his thoughts quickly. and so stammers and hesitates. yes, that kind of stammering can be ments of the voice. the throat, the larynx the tongue, then I believe it in curable."
 Do you think the doctor cures chill dren? You know he makes their cases a speciality"
 "Yes, he cures quite a number of chill dren. While they are in a hypnotic state they can be cured of certain bad habits. and often of vices. and the doctor does well to pay much attention to children. for suggestions affect children deeply"
 
 have paid some attention to Dr. Beril- Ions clinic that sometimes he is too san guine of curing diseases which do not always belong in his line. It is natural that specialist, when he Is successful in the cure of certain class of diseases. to try to cure other kinds. and in that way get beyond what hypnotism and suggestion can do. It would therefore. be going too far to say Dr. Berillon cures all he undertakes tO treat
 In one of his numerous pamphlets and books pr. Berillon gives the following definition of hypnotism: "The word hyp notism expresses the psychological state caused by artificial or experimental in- fuence exercised by one individual upon the nervous system of another Persons who are able to hypnotiZe generally have more determination or authority than the average individual. The place where hypnotism is practiced plays great part in its success Conditions which tend to produce the hypnotic state are complex. Oftentimes a subject cannot be hypnot- ized one day and can another, and per son will be refractory with one doctor and submit to the will of another"
 Phenomena or hypnotism. that is to say. the expansion or increase of the functional activities of patient. are pro- voked experimentally or voluntarily. The beginning of the process is deter hinder by an understanding between the subject and the will of the experimenter. The action and length of the experiment may be confined to determined parts of the nervous system and to functions of the subject, separately influenced. The phenomena produced are determined by inc will of the hypnotizer. When the ex- periment is once finished the nervous cells and the functions influenced can be