. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. the subject was found tobe asleep. Her eyes wereclosed, she breathed heavilyand regularly—in short, allthe phenomena of sleep werepresent. But, objected one of thespectators, she is not reallyasleep. It is impossible thatshe should go to sleep soquickly. She is only simulat-ing sleep. Mr. Sextus said nothing,but quietly raised the subjectsarm until it was stretched outon a level with the shoulder. THE SOMNAMBULIC STATE. You cannot lower you arm, he said to the subject; it is immova-ble. The arm remained in the position in which the man
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. the subject was found tobe asleep. Her eyes wereclosed, she breathed heavilyand regularly—in short, allthe phenomena of sleep werepresent. But, objected one of thespectators, she is not reallyasleep. It is impossible thatshe should go to sleep soquickly. She is only simulat-ing sleep. Mr. Sextus said nothing,but quietly raised the subjectsarm until it was stretched outon a level with the shoulder. THE SOMNAMBULIC STATE. You cannot lower you arm, he said to the subject; it is immova-ble. The arm remained in the position in which the man had placed , he added to the person who had spoken, feel of her arm. Youwill see that the muscles are rigid, tetanized. She cannot move it. It iscataleptic. The objector examined the arm. The muscles were fixed and hardand it was impossible to bend it without using such great force as mightbreak it. There was no doubt of the truth of what the hypnotist had said. Lower you arm, said the operator. The muscles relaxed, and thearm fell to the 284 PUBLIC PRESS COMMENTS. A very sad thing has occurred, the operator continued. One ofyou friends has just died. Tears began to flow from Maries eyes. Itis a mistake, a false report that has been brought me. You friend hasrecovered and is now quite well. The tears stopped instantly. In likemanner the subject was made to laugh and to sing. Various hallucina-tion were produced and finally entire catalepsy. The subject was placedon two chairs, which supported her heels and the back of her head, asillustrated in an accompanying picture. The muscles of the body were perfectly rigid, and even thegreatest pressure did not availto bend the frame. The hyp-nosis was complete. After anumber of equally interestingexperiments, such as compel-ling Marie to believe that am-monia was cologne, and stick-ing needles through her fleshthe operator said: In five minutes you willawake and you will see all ofthose who were present ex-cept Mr. M. [de
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