The San Francisco call., 1910-03-02
WOULD REMIND men
NEVER TO FORGET
Physician Outlines Marvellous
Plan Before Gathering of
Oakland MediCOS

OAKLAND, March Ito cure man
mankind to call upon his memory for
every event, however insignificant, of
his life, was the stupendous project
outlined by DR.. Morton Prince, pro-
fessor of psychology at Tufts college,
Massachusetts, before an audience
composed of the most prominent physi-
clans of this city in the Oakland col
lege of medicine and surgery last
evening.
The lecturer declared that mans
memory is a perfect storehouse, from
which the minutest detail of expert
ence never escapes. But it is a store
house which is almost invariably at
least partially locked against its
owner. The key which opens wide its
doors and reveals the fnnermost Sc
crets to its astonished possessor the
psychologist proclaimed to be hyp1
notism.
Practically all neuroses or diseases
of the nervous system, which> can be
classed as phobias or fears, spring
from the memory, said Doctor Prince.
In almost every instance the sufferer
is not aware of the origin of his NAL
ady, but the physician quoted numer-
Gus cases to prove that by the aid of
the diseases back to- some shock or
fright which had left an indelible i'm
preston upon the subconscious mem
ory. Cases of dual personality also
originate in phenomena of the mem
ory, he declared. Through the use of
hypnotism Doctor Prince asserted that
he had been able to cure patient pos
sessed of dual personalities, each OF
which was totally Unconscious of the
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into an intermediate state wherein he
was conscious of the existence of both
of the other states and could remem
ber what he had done in each of
them.
In the treatment of his patients
Doctor Prince declared that he did not
attempt to throw them into the deep
trance which is the popular conception
of the hypnotic state. He merely
placed them in a condition of abstrac-
tion, which opened wide the portals OF
their memory and enabled him by df-
rect questioning to learn anything he
desired about their past lives.
One of the most remarkable state
ments made by the scientist was that
he had been able to train many OF
his subjects TO throw themselves into
a state of abstra ction, in which they
wrote voluntarily about incidents
conscious memory. He declared that
any normal individual might place
himself in such a state and then call
upon his subconscious memory for in
cidents which he was normally unable
to remember.
Numerous instances were cited by
Doctor Prince to show that his theory
OF the perfect receptivity of the mem
ory was correct. He said that patients
had come to him to learn about the
whereabouts of lost possessions, and
that almost infallibly he had been
able to learn what had become of the
missing articles by throwing the pa
tient into a subeonscious state and
questioning him about his actions at
the time of the losing.
The lecture made a profound i'm
preston upon his audience and many
of Doctor Princes hearers declared
that he was opening up a new era in
the development of the world. Doctor
Prince is one OF the most distinguished
psychologists and specialists on nerv-
Gus diseases in the east, and many
of his cures have been regarded as
little short of miraculous He at
tributes practically all Of his success
to his knowledge Of the potency of
hypnotic suggestion.