. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. taining way remarkable answers to severalinquiries directed to her—answers that would be worthy of anoracle. She was in a clairvoyant condition. One of the firstexperiments I performed with her was to give her the idea thatshe was in a garden picking flowers. I suggested that a cer-tain flower would produce sneezing when she smelled of it, andit proved to be the case. By suggesting to her that she was outon the lake sailing in stormy and tempestuous weather, all thesymptoms of a beginning sea-sickness appeared and she wasawakened. Anoth
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. taining way remarkable answers to severalinquiries directed to her—answers that would be worthy of anoracle. She was in a clairvoyant condition. One of the firstexperiments I performed with her was to give her the idea thatshe was in a garden picking flowers. I suggested that a cer-tain flower would produce sneezing when she smelled of it, andit proved to be the case. By suggesting to her that she was outon the lake sailing in stormy and tempestuous weather, all thesymptoms of a beginning sea-sickness appeared and she wasawakened. Another young lady (a relation to the family) washypnotized. It took me seven and one-half minutes to produce INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. 243 a complete hypnose. Different experiments of interest werethen presented, of which I will mention that after being placedon a certain spot she had no ability to move; and she could not,in spite of all her efforts, open her clenched hands. It is ofspecial interest to remark that the lady, during the hypnose,. INHALES WATER AND BELIEVES IT IS AMMONIA. seemed to be also in the clairvoyant state; for I noticed thatshe made several movements which I thought of suggesting toher, and this, although her eyes during the sleep were perfectly-closed, with her back turned on me, she repeated, with closeexactness, my different attitudes and expressions, the different 244 INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. moods expressed in my face. As the family was very anxiousconcerning her during the hypnOse, I, in accordance with theirwishes, caused her to awake after these experiments. Afterbeing awakened she declared that she felt remarkably well. V. My fifth seance was given at the home of Mr. and , the well-known French family, No. 274 La Salle ave-nue. Like most French people they showed a living interest inhypnotism (we know that France is the motherland of hypno-tism), and I had the pleasure here of demonstrating several ofthose wonders
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