New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
HYPNOSIS HELPS, HE SAYS.
DR.. Fox, Treating InfantiIe
Paralysis, Makes Claim.
PATIENT WAS HELPLESS
Had Worn Braces, However, and
DR.. Gibney, Who Made Them,
Scouts Hypnotic Theory.

| The gradual creation of a good, service
able pair of legs out of two inert ribbons OF
| gristle is the claim put forth by DR.. Alfred
J. Fox. of the Hotel Grenoble, for his hyp-
nosts treatment of one Conrad Schaumberg.
| The patient himself and his mother and
father are only too happy and eager to
corrohorate every assertion of the doctor
with regard TO this seemingly miraculous
cure.
To all intents and purposes. they all say.
Conrad had no legs az all last March In
stead, they declare. he possessed two life
| less members. blue and cold, not developed
| in girth beyond the size of child's legs
at three years of age. and having only half
the increase in length OF normal limbs.
Conrad Schaumberg is tVenty-six years
old to-day and for twenty-three years end
ing last March. was q helpless cripple
When he was three years old, his mother
SAYS. he was stricken with cerebro-s spinal
meningitis. which left him paralyzed from
his hips down
The family is not wealthy. Henry Schaunl-
berg, the father, and his cheerful, uncon-
planning wife. have nine children, two girls
and seven boys. the oldest thirty and the
youngest eleven years old They live in
the basement Of Nc 5s5 Park avenue, and
have charge Of block Of seven houses
between SD and SD streets on the ave
nue.. But the parents spent q lot of money
in vain searches for some cure for their
crippled son
Body Out of Proportion.
The patient was seen az the rooms OF DR.
Fox, in the Hotel Grenoble 56th street and
Seventh avenue. He lay down on the bed
and barred his legs, which were Of the
size OF a slender mans forearm from ankle
TO hip, though the upper part of his body
was that of a powerful, full grown man.
Normally, it seemed, he should have been
about five feet nine INCHES tall and have
weighed $50 pounds.
At first the cripple went to him only
twice week to be hypnotized. Latterly
he has been going to him every afternoon
DR.. Fox puts him to sleep and then sug-
gests to his subconscious mind pleasurable
experiences. which call forth a reaction
of his entire consciousness. He hypnotized
his patient and illustrated his methods yes
terday afternoon. Conrad lay outstretched
on the bed.
Look into my eyes" the doctor com
randed as he bent closely over him.
when I have counted fifteen you will be
fast asleep. One, two. three, four
and DR.. Fox passed his hand over the
mans face at each count. lightly smooth
ing his forehead and temples
Puts Patient 20 SIeep.
The patient looked deep into his eyes,
At the ninth count Conrad's eyeIids be-
San to 1utter. then ne shut them. breath
ing deeply. At fifteen he vas sound
asleep.
Now I will count fifteen more and he
will be in a much deeper sleep said the
physician. He repeated the operation.
You are in a beautiful flower garden" he
continued, addressing the patient In the
immediate distance is a fountain giving
forth water which, If you drink of it,
will give you strength and energy, espe--
cialIy in your legs. I will get some for
YOU"
Dr.. Fox went into the bathroom and re-
turned with a glass Of water, which Con-
rad eagerly received from his hand, sit
ting up and drinking it, his eyes tightly
closed. Then he lay back again.
Feel the elixir coursing through your
veins" the doctor said reaching to you
extremities, down your legs and he
stroked the shrunken limbs, The patient
smiled with seraphic content,
photographer was anxious to take a
fashHght picture of him in this state
The fashlight cartridge exploded with
the report OF small cannon in that
little room. The doctor and the report
ersz Jumped as if shot. and shortly after
ward the clerk of the hotel. four stories
below. came up to see who the newest
suicide might be- But Conrad didn't move
a muscle didn't bat an eyelash. He still
smiled at the flowers in that beautiful gar
den and at the sense of strength in his
limbs.
The doctor and the reporters went out
into the other room and discussed the case.
Presently the doctor returned to his pa
tient
You and l are on bicycles" said he 10
Conrad. We're racing. and I'm beating
you
mo, you're not! no, you're not!' cried
the cripple, sitting up in bed, with his arms
and his hands gripping the
imaginary handlebars.
Now you're gaining on me- said the
doctor. Good boy. good; you've Won the
racer and the patient relaxed his tense
posture with a satisfied grin. Wake up"' |
DR.. Gibney SkepticaI.
DR.. Homer Gibney said last night that
he had an indistinct recollection of Schaum-
burg, and of having fashioned braces for
him at the clinic in the Hospital for the
Crippled and Ruptured. While he could
not recall the exact condition of Schaum-
burg at that time, he secuted the hypnotic
theory entirely.
1T is not matter of any great Won
der ne said, that a man in that cOndi
ton was made to stand I could do that
and you could do it without using hyp
notisn or any other means. II II is the
fact that Schaumburg has been able TO use
his legs more now than he could use them
before he had the braces. then It is more
than likely that the braces brought about
this change.
II would say generally that l do not be
lieve the legs have grown in thickness, |
although II is quite possible. as | state. |
that they may have become stronger. |
Using them the man has, massage and !
other methods might have brought this
a bout. l do not know DR.. Fox, and
know nothing Of his methods, but should |
say that any relief that has come TO this |
man has not been brought about by hyp-
motto suggestion. believe. with most |
pa biologists. that recreating the nerve ele- |
ments in cases OF this kind is impossible" " |
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