. Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of Fig. 315. On this is placed a small stool, on which the subject of the experi-ment (whom, in the present instance, we will suppose to bj; a younglady) mounts. She extends her arms, and under each is placed astout rod or pole of appropriate length. (See Fig. 312.) The per- 32 493 MODERN MAGIC. former makes pretended mesmeric passes over her. and in a minute ortwo her head is seen to droop, and after a few more passes her eyesclose, and she is., to all external appearance, in a mesmeric sleep. The. Fig. 314. operator now takes the
. Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of Fig. 315. On this is placed a small stool, on which the subject of the experi-ment (whom, in the present instance, we will suppose to bj; a younglady) mounts. She extends her arms, and under each is placed astout rod or pole of appropriate length. (See Fig. 312.) The per- 32 493 MODERN MAGIC. former makes pretended mesmeric passes over her. and in a minute ortwo her head is seen to droop, and after a few more passes her eyesclose, and she is., to all external appearance, in a mesmeric sleep. The. Fig. 314. operator now takes the stool from under her feet, when she hang*suspended between the two rods. Again a few more passes, and theoperator removes the rod that supports the left arm, and gently rnes- MODERN MAGIC. 499 menses the arm down to the side. Still the git 1 hangs motionless,with no other support than the single upright rod on which her rightarm rests. (See Fig. 313.) The operator now drapes her in variouscostumes, still keeping up from time to time the supposed mesmericpasses. Bending her right arm so as to support her head, he nextlifts her gently to an angle of 450 to the upright rod (as shown bythe dotted line in Fig. 313), and finally raises her to a horizontalposition, as in Fig 314. An inspection of the diagrams will already have furnished the clueto the mystery. Of the two upright rods, one (that placed under theleft arm) is wholly without prepara-tion, and may be freely handed forexamination. The other, a, is eitherof iron throughout (this was the casewith the
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