. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. good-humored captain was seemingly impressedand influenced by the music. During the music, I seized theoccasion to perform my manipulations. After a lapse of aboutfive minutes the captains head dropped upon his chest, and loudsnoring announced that he had entered upon a deep hypnoticsleep. The party now formed a circle around me and the sub-ject. Commencing, I outstretched the captains left arm, madea few passes from his forehead down to his finger tips, therebymaking it impossible for him to lower his arm. With his armoutstretched on a
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. good-humored captain was seemingly impressedand influenced by the music. During the music, I seized theoccasion to perform my manipulations. After a lapse of aboutfive minutes the captains head dropped upon his chest, and loudsnoring announced that he had entered upon a deep hypnoticsleep. The party now formed a circle around me and the sub-ject. Commencing, I outstretched the captains left arm, madea few passes from his forehead down to his finger tips, therebymaking it impossible for him to lower his arm. With his armoutstretched on a level with the shoulder, the captain made 23S INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. every effort to force it down, but in vain. The cataleptic con-dition ceased instantly upon a couple of manipulations. By aslight touch of his forehead I made it impossible for him toanswer my questions ; likewise by a few passes I prevented himfrom closing- or opening his eyelids according to my wishes. Inspite of all his efforts he was not able to leave his seat. The. THE SUBJECT HAS FORGOTTEN HER NAME. quick beating of his heart I made normal simply by placing myright hand over his heart, the left on his forehead, at the sametime suggesting the heart to beat slower and slower until itfinally would be normal. Several other experiments were thenpresented, but the most interesting was the last suggestion INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. 239 given to the captain before his awakening. I suggested to himthat he in the future should retire every evening at 10 oclock,when no necsssary business prevented him doing so; that heshould enjoy a comfortable nights sleep, wake up in the morn-ing at 7 oclock and feel himself hearty and strengthened. Thesuggestion was repeated a couple of times in order to deepenthe effect. Furthermore, I suggested to him that a few minutesafter being awake, he should approach his old friend Mr. Lind-blom, heartily shake hands with him, and tell him that the cap-tain was
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