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but Infinitely less artistic value then tried upon
the subjects. II was "The Allurement of Fortune" by
Rudolf Henneberg, In which a man rides mady after
phantom Fortune with Death by his side, trampling
over everybody and everything he should hold dearest
Eleven normal men showed considerable increase
OF pressure the dial marking being % and a. indi-
eating various high degrees OF excitement Nine ap-
peared to be unaffected by the subject
Fifteen normal women on the other hand showed
themselves unmpressed by the subject and Ave showed
depression verging on melancholia.
Out OF twenty insane men, five showed an extra
ordinary increase of areral pressure under the stm
lus OF the picture and registered between 20 and 30
on the dial OF these, two showed great reaction
ward normal on repeated exhibitions OF the picture
Among twenty insane women ten showed rise Of
pressure, two depression toward fear and eight reg
stered the indication OF extreme terror not on the dial
Ihey were apparently affected by the sight Of the
woman under the horses hoofs or these eight, two
showed an upward reaction or improvement on re-
peated exhibition Of the picture
picture OF peculiarly violent subject Theodore
OF verona Wrestling with King Lauren" by Bruno
SIascnm was tested upon twenty men with violent
occasional insanity This picture represents Theodore
great early medieval Teutonic hero srangling to
death a wicked dwarf king who was credited with
supernatural powers
Fifteen insane men showed no marked variation of
pressure apparently because they failed IN understand
the subject but OF the five who responded four showed
strong tendency to return toward the normal In
se way tnls grotesque picture, which might be re-
d
toward sanity In the insane
The lesson taught by this picture was followed up
oy test with more eccentric picture "The yalse'
oy PHYLLIS We're Campbell Eighteen female Iunatics
unable to make anything OF M but the two who 10.
sponded In noticeable degree showed a greater re.
turn toward the normal than had been produced by
tor,.f picture Tnis was the most valuable pic
.iaI anuoote TO unacy tested. acting presumably on
'ne principle OF homeopathic medicines
iess were made to decide whether subject or color
OIe sIect upon persons of various mental con-
greatest effect, o PAeUeSeu SA
Colors were found to produce a srsater imnrsssion
man subjects, and this difference was more marked
n tne normal than insane indicating that susceptiby
showed nsn Oh normahty. Eighteen normal men
m snoneu q rise OF over FIVE points on exhibition of
color. soiseous oiaze u
..ss mai women showed greater response to bright
, Soors, as exnioted by Monet's LADY IN Red but
more men than women showed an ann-sea,ion - tbs
ste narmonies OF color tone shown IN Botticellis
oplLns- Inc conclusion was reached that many more
honlen possessed a sensiyeness 10 coIor hpt +. few
men possessed higher sensitiyeness tba .S ,o.en
DHsnt RED caused a rise of pressure In women
a ~ .toosrate degree Of melancholia and the rich
oss oI Hooenss Holy Family caused a rise verging
IN normal IN nine Of twenty Wills tha rsst yysre
not adversely affected The nicturs ~ psvnoI5s,s
oue BOY caused lowering Of pressure IN ali these
omen showing clearly that red is an excitaut and
ne depressant
Ihe blue picture tested on twenty woman in the az
rene stage OF melanchoa produced rise NJ nressurs
I aseh' Wnile the remainder were unaffected The
usoucuon Is that the depressing color has beneficial
81 N NOSE who have reached the extreme stage OF
Inc Irignt red eoors Of Philippe de Champague's
:. oraas. 20 ea nIcnehea produced a more marked in
isrhss, pressure In the normal than in the abnormal
- Po Dut hs lavish yellow Of Latours Marquiss
ro1pSooor had more exciting effect on the sb
,i, nan ine normal The deduction is that red Is
horahy excitant but those whose minds are affected
become mpervcus to it and may be excited By yellow
me mos important conclusions reached were that
.n rls picture might in many cases make an insane
man worse BY exciting him whereas an eccentric one
might cause a reaction towards normal