El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-07

| hypnotic sleep: you are no longer
nervous You do not feel the need OF
employing your hands useIessIy- And
you will know. when you awake, tnat
the habit is ridiculous.
Woman Cured.
To the Washington physician there
came woman who had been constantly
on the go throughout the social sea-
son. Physically. she was so nervous
that her hands trembled, and her men
tai distress was acute. She had become
possessed Of the haunting idea that she
was always going 10 be late for the
next particular function which she was
to attend. That idea got possession
of her nerve raclled brain and never
left her. 1t is only to conceive Of the
fortunes she suffered, and how she in
creased them day by day in her unceas-
ing rush and haste. When she first went
to see the doctor, she could not sit still.
but paced up and down the room while
she told him of her trouble.
Hands of Clock Turned Back.
He made her sit down, and. with a{few
passes over her eyes, put her to sleep,
saying to her in a distinct. commanding
voice: you have lots Of time for every
thing you want to do. At any time that
you feel you have too many engage
nlents. you will break those which are
too much for you. You will never hurry
your door to your motor car You will
in all things be calm and restful. You
have lots of time-lOtS OF time" This
formula was repeated to her through
eight or 10 treatment until, one after
noon, when she was awakened, she said
careIessly: I've no intention OF going
to the --'s ball tonight I've been
doing too much, and I'm going to take
my time hereafter" From that minute
she was cured
Congressman Cured.
Another case was that Of a member
Of congress. who had been through
hard fight all summer and autumn for
his nomination and election. 1t was
his first term In the house of repre-
Aentatives. and he had continued to work
long hours every day after reaching
Washington In his state he was known !
as a speaker of unusual ability, and
he had planned TO make his oratoricaI
debut on the floor Of the. house during
the consideration of a certain bill As
the time came near for the delivery Of
his speech, which he had prepared and
committed to memory. he lost conf |
dence. and there came into his mind an
awful dread of failure 10 impress his
hearers when he spoke This dread grew |
upon him so that finally he was con- I
WINGED he would fail This fear was I
the direct result of his falling nerves |
and the high pressure under which he |
had been working for eight months He |
went to the physician a week before |
the time he had set for his speech. and, |
after five treatments, his selfconfi- !
dence returned He made the speech, |
which resulted in his gaining an envia |
BILE reputation as an orator.
The Hypnotist's Power.
There is in the popular mind an i'm |
preston that hypnotism is a harmful |
thing because il puts a persons mind /
under the domination Of anothers /
thoughts and ideas 1t is also believed |
by many that to submit 10 hypnotism !
is to weaken ones will power and force |
of character As a matter of fact. It /
has been scientifically proved again and
again that the hypnotist cannot make
the patient commit any act or entertain
any thought contrary to that persons /
ideas of morality or principle. Nor
does hypnotism impair the will power
Hypnotisrn can be- and sometimes is, |
abused by the professional faker and
operator. but in the hands of a physi- 1
clan. il is merely a cure for ailments /
that cannot be reached by other means.
1t IS the art of inducing sleep and
then making the patients mind so re-
ceptive that it will retain the healthful,
helpful advice telegraphed to it by the |
words and thoughts of the physician
The only opportunity for hypnorism TO
impair the will power arises when a
person makes a habit of submitting |
TO the same operator for purposes Of
exhibition and freakish tricks In this
way. in the course OF time. the person
hypnotized does train his mind TO a Ger
tain extent TO do whatever the hypnotist
suggests. But in all the history OF the
art there are only two authentic cases
where the hypnOtiStS succeeded in using
the persons hypnCtized for criminal pur-
poses. In both cases. the persons had
made a habit of submitting TO hypnot-
ism by enc operator for more than two
years.
Continued Treatment Not Practiced.
The physicians who make a speciality
of this hypnotic treatment do not. as
rule, continue it on any one person for
more than a few weeks If beneficial |
results do not come from Il within
month or six weeks at the most. it is ,
generally regarded as impossible to
make the desired progress 4 woman
patient is never hypnotized unless ac-
by friend or member OF her
family
The great power of hypnOtism over the
physical functions Of the body has been
by q PittSburg physician,
who put a patient into a hypnotic sleep
md told him that he would suffer no
pain when his tooth was extracted The
-ooth was pulled cut. and the patient i
suffered absolutely no pain ct all 1
Whether 1t can ever be used instead of I
IN anesthetie in surgical operations of {
, grave character is one of the prob Z
ems of the art which will have to be t
worked out in future years a
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