. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. andhappiness not to disobey himwho had power to kill or tor-ture him; the subject obeysCarl Sextus because he cannothelp it. A few evenings ago gave a private seanceto which reporters from theHerald were invited, among others. The room in which the ex-periments took place did not differ from the ordinary parlor. Inone corner stood a piano, a marble-topped table occupied the centerof the apartment, and two or three indifferent paintings Adorned thewalls. The guests were grouped around the sides of the room inchairs. The seance
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. andhappiness not to disobey himwho had power to kill or tor-ture him; the subject obeysCarl Sextus because he cannothelp it. A few evenings ago gave a private seanceto which reporters from theHerald were invited, among others. The room in which the ex-periments took place did not differ from the ordinary parlor. Inone corner stood a piano, a marble-topped table occupied the centerof the apartment, and two or three indifferent paintings Adorned thewalls. The guests were grouped around the sides of the room inchairs. The seance began without preparation of any sort. As noneof those present were willing to be operated upon, the experimentsnecessarily were confined to the person of one of Mr. Sextus patients,a woman about twenty-one years of age. She was apparently of a san-guine temperament, having a very fair complexion, light yellow hair andpale blue eyes. She said that she had been hypnotized on several occa-sions, and was a good subject. This assertion Mr. Sextus FROM LETHARGY TO CATALEPSY. PUBLIC PRESS COMMENTS. 283 The subject, who was called Marie, placed herself in an easy chair andassumed the most comfortable position. The operator then placed inher hands a small metal button, painted black with the exception of thecenter, which was of the color of silver. She was now requested to fixher gaze upon the bright center of this disk, and to concentrate hermind upon the idea of sleep. The operator stood in front of her, andbegan, in a low tone of voice, to repeat Bernheims formula: Think of nothing but sleep. Your eyelids begin to feel eyes are tired. They begin to wink, they are getting moist; youcannot see distinctly. Your lids are closing, you cannot open themagain. Your arms feel heavy, so do your legs. You cannot feel any-thing. Your hands are mo-tionless You see are going to sleep. Sleep! In five and one-half min-utes the subject was found tobe asleep. Her ey
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