. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. motionless; if the string be untied and he is excited, he doesnot issue from the cataleptic state. This experiment may beof still earlier date, since it has been ascribed to Daniel Schreuter(1636). However this may be, in many countries the hypno-tization of poultry became a source of popular amusement. 2 2 PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. In 1S72, Czermark carefully repeated these experiments; hehypnotized a cock without making use of the chalk line, keep-ing the animal immovable. He extended the experiments to otheranimals, to sparrows, pige
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. motionless; if the string be untied and he is excited, he doesnot issue from the cataleptic state. This experiment may beof still earlier date, since it has been ascribed to Daniel Schreuter(1636). However this may be, in many countries the hypno-tization of poultry became a source of popular amusement. 2 2 PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. In 1S72, Czermark carefully repeated these experiments; hehypnotized a cock without making use of the chalk line, keep-ing the animal immovable. He extended the experiments to otheranimals, to sparrows, pigeons, rabbits, salamanders and crabs. Preyer, of the University of Jena (Germany,) whose treatiseon the subject is the most complete that we possess, ascribedmost of the phenomena observed under the conditions to instance, if a lizards tail or a frogs foot is suddenlypinched, the animal becomes paralyzed, sometimes for severalminutes, and is incapable of moving its limbs. Gentle and pro-tracted excitement is needed to effect hypnosis of HYPNOTIZED HEN LETHARGIC STATE. If the nostrils of a guinea pig are kept for some time slightlycompressed with a pair of pincers, the animal becomes hyp-notic, and is thrown into such a stupor that it can be placed inthe most ridiculous position without being awakened. Thisarbitrary distinction between catalepsy and hypnotism has notbeen generally accepted. We need only note that manyanimals can be hypnotized either by a brief or strong excite-ment of the skin, or by a repeated and fainter action of thesame kind. The experiments on the frog are interesting andeasy to reproduce. Henkel has shown that if a lively frog is PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. 23 lightly held between the fingers, with the thumb on the bellyand the four fingers on the back, the animal becomes perfectlymotionless at the end of two or three minutes; it may bestretched upon its back or placed in all sorts of positions with-out making any attempts at defense or esc
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