. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. THE CENTER. The subject is requested to gaze continually and intently on thecrystal prism, and not to undertake any motions whatever, keep-ing the same position in which I place him, and to fix his wholeattention on sleep. After a lapse of seven or eight minutes Icommence to make my passes over the subject; at the end oftwo or three manipulations I command him to close his eyes; Iperform one or two passes more, from the head downward tothe knee ; placing my left hand on his forehead, then press a cer- PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. tain plac
. Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;. THE CENTER. The subject is requested to gaze continually and intently on thecrystal prism, and not to undertake any motions whatever, keep-ing the same position in which I place him, and to fix his wholeattention on sleep. After a lapse of seven or eight minutes Icommence to make my passes over the subject; at the end oftwo or three manipulations I command him to close his eyes; Iperform one or two passes more, from the head downward tothe knee ; placing my left hand on his forehead, then press a cer- PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM. tain place with my thumb, at the same time pressing with myright hand the subjects right thumb. Another and very effective method, one I often employwhen I hypnotize one person—singly, is to let the subject gazefixedly at a lighted candle for about three minutes, held at sucha height that it requires considerable effort on the part of thesubject to look at it. The subject must not wink the eyelidsany more than is absolutely necessary, and must draw the breath. A PRACTICAL MODERN METHOD. deep and in a measured time. The subject is told before com-mencing to hold the mouth open about one inch, with the tonguecurved, the tip resting parallel with the lower teeth. At the endof about three minutes I raise the left hand over the back partof the subjects head, and with my fingers spread apart, maketwo or three passes downward along the spinal nerves, after i6 PUYSEGURIAN SOMNAMBULISM, which I command the subject to close the eyes. I then performone or two more manipulations until full sleep is secured. My third method is the fascinating method, which consistsprincipally in making the subject press his hands strongly onmine. Suddenly I push him backward and quickly glance intohis eyes. Surprised he recoils, and immediately the impressionof his eyes indicates to me his degree of susceptibility. Thesubject understands by the sternness of the hypnotists eyes on
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