. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. pulse. She is entirelydead, one of them cried out. Look at the death sweat, saidanother. The pulse no longer beats, said Hofmedicus Bot-tinger. After a few minutes Father Gassner cried out with avoice of thunder, But now I command you in the Lords nameto return to life. A new examination by Hofmedicus Bottingershowed that the pulse had commenced to beat. Her featureswere relaxing. She commenced to move, and at last raisingherself with a glad and delighted face, she declared that she feltherself released from all those pains she had befo
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. pulse. She is entirelydead, one of them cried out. Look at the death sweat, saidanother. The pulse no longer beats, said Hofmedicus Bot-tinger. After a few minutes Father Gassner cried out with avoice of thunder, But now I command you in the Lords nameto return to life. A new examination by Hofmedicus Bottingershowed that the pulse had commenced to beat. Her featureswere relaxing. She commenced to move, and at last raisingherself with a glad and delighted face, she declared that she feltherself released from all those pains she had before the treat-ment, and that she now felt herself entirely well. As we willsee Father Gassner was a cunning hypnotist. He knew howto capture the public with his miracles. The good people hetreated did not know that it was but simple hypnotism. It was PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. very natural that the young girl and several others he treatedshould understand his Latin, as she had been educated in thecloister. Occasionally he spoke German (the priest was Ger-. ^Witf_ FATHER GASSNER AS A HYPNOTIST. man). Gassner was a very wise man, much ahead of his time,and he took advantage of it. Among the many powerful men, 14 PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. who signed the narrative of this seance, I will especially men-tion Carl Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg ; LudvigEugene, Duke of Wurtemberg; and Ludvig Joseph, Bishop ofFreisingen. DIFFERENT METHODS OF HYPNOTIZING. If I wish to hypnotize a class, or to try a larger number, Iuse a zinc button with a copper wire through the centre, whichI request the individual to hold in his closed right hand, restingthe hand on the right knee. In the left hand, which he holdsopen, I place a small crystal, set in horn, that is polished to ashining black, the left arm and hand resting partly on the chest.
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