. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. ions but also of theirgood will to give themselves up. Secondly, when I perceivethey do not wink the eyelids any more I slowly advance withmy open hand until within a few inches of their eyes. Thenwhen I notice that the eyelids do not naturally close I performone more operation which I will immediately explain : Before developing new somnambulists, I always take theprecaution to let several developed somnambulists go into thecondition—my aim being thereby to inspire confidence in those HYPNOTISM AS A REMEDY. 39 who are willing to try an
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. ions but also of theirgood will to give themselves up. Secondly, when I perceivethey do not wink the eyelids any more I slowly advance withmy open hand until within a few inches of their eyes. Thenwhen I notice that the eyelids do not naturally close I performone more operation which I will immediately explain : Before developing new somnambulists, I always take theprecaution to let several developed somnambulists go into thecondition—my aim being thereby to inspire confidence in those HYPNOTISM AS A REMEDY. 39 who are willing to try and who are natural somnambulists;because when they notice the ease with which the others sitdown, there is no longer any fear regarding the coming these persons are affected by an overwhelming fear, inspite of their entire willingness to become influenced. Theyoften have attacks of cramps, nervous trembling and hardbreathing. These attacks are the crisis, in which originateswhat is so erroneously termed healing, which are not, as claimed,. THE SUBJECT CANNOT WITHDRAW HIS HAND, from magnetism. If the operator does not watch closely andis not able immediately to bring the patient back to his normalstate there is a liability of leaving dangerous effects, which maylater on render special treatment necessary. When the de-scribed methods do not have the desired effect, I slightly touchthe subject on the crown of the head, the temples, root of thenose, the abdomen, over the heart, both knees and on both has taught me that a light pressure on the partswhere the blood is especially easy flowing always produces an 4° HYPNOTISM AS A REMEDY. effect (concentration) that is sufficient to dull the senses andwill power when there is no direct resistance present. It must be admitted that this development is very interestingand contains more than the germs to the whole of Braids the-ory—and of the theory concerning the power of imagination orsuggestion in conseq
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