The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-10
psIcnIcAL HOSPITAL NEXT.
With n star Of Hypno,ixers to Treat the
Deludcd

The American Institute for Scientific
Research that began a little while ago witt
meetings at the home Of Mrs Grswolc
Bourne has grown 80 that last night II had
TO meet in the Myrtle Room of the Waldorf.
Nearly two hundred persons mostly
women, were present DR.. James II
J Hyslop and DR. Minot j. Savage we've the
speakers of the evening
DR. Hyslop explained that the institute
Is TO have a board Of trustees similar In
scope TO the board of the Carnegie lnsti-
tute, and that the field Of the institute should
be scientific study of bnor1nal psychology
with view to the curing Of certain forms
Of insanity. Authorization and functional
mental troubles in clinic to be estab-
lished by the society rs well as the study
of supernomal phenomena whose physi-
cal side is frequently explained fraudu-
lently in favor Of spirits"
DR., Hyslop gave some examples of what
he meant by treating cases within the
domain OF abnormal psychology
Pierre Janet he began, the great
French psychologist, had the case Of a
woman. IS years old, who went insane over
the loss Of her cat She was cured by sug-
gcstiye induction of affection for another
cat.
zone young woman used to drink petro-
leum and eat lead and refused all other
forms Of nourishment By hypnotic sug
gestion Janet restored her to sanity.
These are examples of work done at
institutions like the Salperi re- in Paris.
In this country nothing has been done as
yet in the Usychicai treatment Of disease.
We shall nee hospital for this and the
aim of our society should be to provide
one People IN this country are still afraid
of hypnot treatment of disease because
they fear II would place them in the physi-
clan : power The institute would aim TO
abolish this fear; II would aim to facilitate
publication of documents like the records
of the cases on Wards Island to take care
of people who come out of asylums and who
seem to be worse of so far as getting en-
ployment goes than criminals Just out of
the penitentiary."
Dr. Hyslop further said that it will be the
aim of the institute TO keep up the work
of the Society for PsyChical Research and
to put the study OF such subjects on a basis
so scientific that the frauds practised by
spirit mediums to-day will simply be dis
credited in the Ii ht of the more thorough
going work and will disappear altogether
Methods he said like those we hear
OF in Brooklyn may even be formulated
into kind Of religion, but they are never
theless false"
He then told Of experiences OF his own
in thought transfercnce and table tipping.
i came TO IL certain medium in Brook
lyn." he said. -and | wrote nay mothers
name on one piece of paper and three
questions on three other slips. folded
the papers up. touched the mediums fore
heqd. then rolled them and he took them.
lie tore thom up and told me what was in
them That's the way people tell story
like this. But on Investigation ! found
the medium Ind used n egerdeuain Of his
own had substituted other pellets Of paper
and Ind read mine
Dr Hyslop also proposed that in the
event Of another marvel ike Mrs. Piper
turning m the society should have funds
enough 10 employ detectives if necessary
to prove be or she is not fraud