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342 THE NEW HYPNOTISM. respond to every suggestion that is made to him by the operator The powers of his mind that are left are also in such a state that they can be concentrated in one or another direction very power" fully. There are therefore in hypnotism three conditions. 1. Suspension of will power. 2. The condition of automatic response to suggestion. 3. Concentration of mental force in various directions. EXPERIMENTS.* I will now illustrate some of the phenomena that this condition shows : I can affect his sympathetic system, or organic system, only indi- and that the hypnotic state may not be one of actual unconsciousness. The stages mentioned by Liebeault are : 1. The patient does not sleep, or close the eyes, or lose himself at all. 2. The patient is awake, but the lids are closed and cannot be opened. 3. Is one of suggestive catalepsy.'' 4. The patient cannot move his body spontaneously. 5. Contractions occur on suggestion. 6. Automatic obedience. In all the foregoing the subject recalls what occurs after the seance is over-Three other degrees are described, after all of which the subject does not remember what has happened. These are called somuambulic states. These various degrees are not sharply defined from each other. They all have the common character, of sleep, hut of suggestibility. Hypnotism," savs Bernheim, "is the provocation of a peculiar mental state which augments suggestibility." *Prof. Dana now waved his hand before the subject's face and caused him to pass into a profound hypnotic state. First, he produced hemi-ansesthesia, extending even to the pye, nose and sense of taste, so that quinine was tasted only on one side, anaesthesia stopping exactly in the middle line. Very marked motor disturbances were next produced, such as catalepsy and tetanic rigidity, the subject assuming and maintaining the opisthotonos position, holding any part of the body in a state of rigidity wherever it was placed, etc. The subject was then told that hideous forms were in the room pursuing him, which caused a very decided acceleration of his pulse, as proven by my watch, and came near making him escape over chairs and tables from the room. The physiological effects of various medicines held at a distance from the subject were experienced by him, such as emesis from ipecac, etc. But this result was due to suggestion simply. The Professor then told the subject that he had before him an audience of depraved drunkards, and suggested that he make them a temperance speech. This he did ex consuetudinCj and gracefully finished with a poem from Thomas Hood. He was then told that he had a chill, whereupon his face became cold and pallid, and^ shivering all over, he fastened his coat closely about him. Total abolition and then exaggeration of the tendon refiexes were alternately produced. The subject was told that in forty-five seconds he would awake. We all looked at our watches, and just at the time appointed he did awake.�J. M. H.
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Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
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Publisher | Wilmington; Charlotte : The Journal?, 1878-1899. |
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Date | 1888 |
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Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1878-1899] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Publisher | Wilmington; Charlotte : The Journal?, 1878-1899. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
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Date | 1888 |
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Language | English |
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Volume Number | 21 |
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Page Number | 342 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 342 THE NEW HYPNOTISM. respond to every suggestion that is made to him by the operator The powers of his mind that are left are also in such a state that they can be concentrated in one or another direction very power" fully. There are therefore in hypnotism three conditions. 1. Suspension of will power. 2. The condition of automatic response to suggestion. 3. Concentration of mental force in various directions. EXPERIMENTS.* I will now illustrate some of the phenomena that this condition shows : I can affect his sympathetic system, or organic system, only indi- and that the hypnotic state may not be one of actual unconsciousness. The stages mentioned by Liebeault are : 1. The patient does not sleep, or close the eyes, or lose himself at all. 2. The patient is awake, but the lids are closed and cannot be opened. 3. Is one of suggestive catalepsy.'' 4. The patient cannot move his body spontaneously. 5. Contractions occur on suggestion. 6. Automatic obedience. In all the foregoing the subject recalls what occurs after the seance is over-Three other degrees are described, after all of which the subject does not remember what has happened. These are called somuambulic states. These various degrees are not sharply defined from each other. They all have the common character, of sleep, hut of suggestibility. Hypnotism" savs Bernheim, "is the provocation of a peculiar mental state which augments suggestibility." *Prof. Dana now waved his hand before the subject's face and caused him to pass into a profound hypnotic state. First, he produced hemi-ansesthesia, extending even to the pye, nose and sense of taste, so that quinine was tasted only on one side, anaesthesia stopping exactly in the middle line. Very marked motor disturbances were next produced, such as catalepsy and tetanic rigidity, the subject assuming and maintaining the opisthotonos position, holding any part of the body in a state of rigidity wherever it was placed, etc. The subject was then told that hideous forms were in the room pursuing him, which caused a very decided acceleration of his pulse, as proven by my watch, and came near making him escape over chairs and tables from the room. The physiological effects of various medicines held at a distance from the subject were experienced by him, such as emesis from ipecac, etc. But this result was due to suggestion simply. The Professor then told the subject that he had before him an audience of depraved drunkards, and suggested that he make them a temperance speech. This he did ex consuetudinCj and gracefully finished with a poem from Thomas Hood. He was then told that he had a chill, whereupon his face became cold and pallid, and^ shivering all over, he fastened his coat closely about him. Total abolition and then exaggeration of the tendon refiexes were alternately produced. The subject was told that in forty-five seconds he would awake. We all looked at our watches, and just at the time appointed he did awake.�J. M. H. |
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