. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. be under the same conditions. If you purpose attending you are requested to notify theSteward before 6 oclock p. m., Friday, April 25th. Otherwisea seat at the table will not be guaranteed. Charles Eugene Banks, ) R. C. Jacobsen, I Committee. Hill C. Smyth, \ PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO,133 CLARK STREET. May 1st, 1890. Mr. Carl Sextus: Dear Sir: By order of the Board of Directors of thePress Club of Chicago, I am instructed to extend to you itscordial thanks for the interesting experiments you so kindlymade at its last house dinner. J. R. Wed


. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. be under the same conditions. If you purpose attending you are requested to notify theSteward before 6 oclock p. m., Friday, April 25th. Otherwisea seat at the table will not be guaranteed. Charles Eugene Banks, ) R. C. Jacobsen, I Committee. Hill C. Smyth, \ PRESS CLUB OF CHICAGO,133 CLARK STREET. May 1st, 1890. Mr. Carl Sextus: Dear Sir: By order of the Board of Directors of thePress Club of Chicago, I am instructed to extend to you itscordial thanks for the interesting experiments you so kindlymade at its last house dinner. J. R. Weddell, Secretary. interesting cases present themselves daily at my office people wish, not merely treatment for troublesome diseases, but also apply in orderto have their talents developed through hypnotic influence generally very excellent results are reached. The Impossible is never to be found,Except, perhaps—in the fools calendar. Of interesting cases where hypnotism can be successfullyapplied, I will state the following: Mr. Geo. L. Bliss, M. D.,. INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. 263 of Maple Rapids, Mich., together with a colleague, last sum-mer entered my office. Mr. B. wished to be hypnotized, as heintended in the near future to deliver a series of lectures, and hedesired to have his oratorical powers developed through hyp-notic suggestions. After a lapse of eight minutes I broughthim into a deep hypnose, during which I suggested to him thathe inside of two minutes would rise from the chair, and, withinspiration, in clear expressive terms, deliver a lecture upon thesubject which I then named. At the same time I gave himthe idea that he was then appearing on the stage in CentralMusic Hall before a large and brilliant audience. Mr. Bliss,who was fifty-five years of age and strongly built, was in pos-session of a very good voice, and without any mispronouncia-tion, but did not speak loud enough; besides this he expressedhimself rather slowly. On this occasion, howeve


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