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·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICA MÉSMERIST; PRACTICAL SELF-INSTRUCTOR CURATIVE AND SCIFXTIFIC MESMERIEM, TEACHING TOT TDIE READER MAY ACQUIRE AND PRACTICE THE ART; TOW TO DETECT DISFAL, TO RETARD OR ACCEJ ERATE THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD, TO CURE IIEADACITE, RIIEU- XATIRT, TIO DOLOREAU, MENTAL DISORDERS, PAL- ALYSIS, APINAL DISEASE, LOCAL WEAKNESS, IN- TERNAT. DISFAST, COMPLAINTS OF LUNG, LIVER, TEATT AND STOMACJI, &o. CONSUMITION, DISEAS OF ITS AND EAR, LYEN TO CUR- INO BOME CARLS OP DRAFNESS AND DLINDNESS, &C.; CLAIRVOYANCE, INTROVISION, OR POWER OF LOOKING INTO THE BODY, ARIZED Tatr:, TONY TO MAKE A TENSON BCILECT TO YOUR WILI. OR COMMAXD, AND MANY CURIOUS TXTERDICSTS SOM TI TOTAD LONDOY EDITIOY, STR XTCN TOXTANT ADDSOXMI MATTER, AND XUYXLOCI ILLCOLATIOL YEIT YORK: EscriSION PUBLISHING nac; 11 NAD 31 17STERET

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·THL ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MÈSMERIST: PRACTICAL SELF IXSTILCIUN Juw, but Jed him socoming inte ETITIVE AND STRATIFIC DESVERTEX, TRUTHTY statements, ELLDER KIT TEK AND TRATTOR TIX AR DIT TU TXITATION OR 47*****iding sail authors CIRCULATION OF OIO TER RUA tesuired 80 satisfac- XATISU, TE ymtext, MENT" would ho pleasins, and per ALISIS, EM AL PISK ISR, XXO FOVE TERSAI. Iwkiss.rs who would like to learn some HEART AND ETHVADS of Mesmerism as a science and A3 Desis or litro, by republishing this liello work with ****ons as tnight add in its value Ho has car -- 'aining all itisc, and regalting from the labors of some other esperit cu LGL 4. The evidence from many respected sources in stor of Siesmerism cannot but command the consideration of all who seriously desire to koon the truth; and thay will doubtless agree that though it has sometimea been brought into disreputs by charlatans, it could not msan xtech a man es Prolessor Aguia, if it were rea about it > leamed, and what is known uuh may be but to what may by and op bo derelored

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·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESMERIST, CURATIVE AND SCIENTIFIC. GENERAL INSTRUCTION IN MESMERISM. As the art of Mesmerisation demands not only a sustained application of the mental, but Iso a vigorous exertion of tlo physical powers, it will, in order to carry out tho design of this work, lo necessary to say sonicthing as to the mental qualifications for Liis mis. bion, which overy mesmerist inust possess, cro lo can rationally expect his manipulations to provo generally cflicient and successful. We will begin with the cor. poral, and ascend to the intellectual. AGE. It is of importance that the operator shoull lo in the entiro possession of bolily cnergy and activity-- tlint ho should not labor under tlio weakness of youth fal inmaturity, dor suffer from the exlustun of ecnilo decrepitude. His strength should be that of confirmed manhood, anterior to its decline with the ar proach of age. In onlinsty cases, tho middle per of life, extending from tnenty five to Gifty-fine ith an extension or contraction of it to suit particular in. slances, either of premature declino or prolonged encry of the physical postersroull sena to bilo uino cated by naton as that in which can ia 170** ·2 TUE ILLUSTRATED FRACTICAL XESXL RIST. etectasis in possession o! all his raried corporal st trbates and capabilities HELLILL. Souad copstitucional health in the operator is at the Erst importance. De should not caly be tree, at the uma of was grea silling, frord temporary and making ailze but should also be devoid of aar constiru. tional or bereditary tsint Tte nelson3 for inste 50 streacously on this point ere To fold, and relate bush to his osa mellare Aců also that of the subjec. If bo bbor under any descrescs of healthful tour, ako Ire quest contact of diserad indirduals the daily & cation with the sllcted will be sure, by the last mesucric syropathy, to ales um with polos and desin quietudes, if not perfectly analogous to those of us hauients, set beanas such relationship to them, as will eutica msko him pacafully conscious of the soaro whence they are desisex Now in a tealthful opens tor, theso raiber asrlcassat consequences of mesmene action on the eck will I felt it at all in an intror degree of intensity, and by the kts medias nature brown off with greater ease and rspel!t. Postre disessa tony not be compaticated by mermeric con Lact, but so much of coutudocsl disturbance muss ko occasioned, es in really frame tefte, il to oltre repesiel, be ultimately productire of decidedly igjari- Ous consequences. Bat Ibis seference to birsell is not all tea operator should regard, ia tregut to kis possession sion of tealth One of the most important results to le achieved by resuenc enipulations, whez aylieu merlinals, is the transmission of lealthful spd wris. Crating incluebee from the operator to the atbjece This is effected by the direct transfusioa of their bel, and to orlinary tenses imperceptible, azn.the hingam riisial selympaimd by the existence is any mortid furre as morsila la I to operator lv Lidly ta ·TUE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MIESMERIST. 13 suffer from the contact with discased patients, it is far moro probablo that the latter will soffer from tlie posi $100 action of a diseased system in their mesmerist Under every view of the subject, therefore, both from moral and physical considerations, froin a prudent re gard to self-preservation and benovolent feclings, in re ference to the well being of others, it is obvious that duo attention should be paid to the possession of sound bucalth, and duo corporal vigor on the part of the mesmeric operator. GENERAL PIYSICAL ADAPTATIONS. In addition to the foregoing: vo may add that a Gino activo temperamont, and a physical structuro rathor above the averago in strength and staturo, will possosg TLATE LUTEUKRIBATIOA. alrantages of great importance. In general, persons ol saperior mascular derclopment, of broad shoulders and Isrgo beads, will mesmerise more powerfully thisa individuals not so distinguished, and males will usually mesmeriso moro clectually than females. None in ·12 TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESMERIST, effectuslig in possession of all his varied corporal at tributes and capabilities. HEALTU. Sound constitutional health in the operator is of the first importance Ile should not onlg be frec, at the time of any given sitting, from temposary and passing alment, but should also le devoid of any constitu. tional or hereditary taiat. The reasons for insisting so strenuously on this point are two fold, and relate Loth to his ova welfare and also that of the subject. If ko labor under any deficiency of healthful vigor, the fre. quent contact of discased individuals--the daily asso ciation with the aflicted will be sare, by tho law of mesmeris sympathy, to affect him with paine and dis quietudes, if not perfectly analogous to those of luis patients, yet bearing such relationship to them, as will salice to make him painfully conscious of the rourco whence they are derived. Non 12 a healthful oper3 tor, these rather unpleasant consequences of pesmessc action on the sick will be felt, l at all, in an interior degree of intensity, and by the lis medicatraz nature Ibrown off with greater ease and rapidity, Positive disease may not be coinmunicated by mesteric con- 1 be achieved by mesmerie manipulations, when applied Datically, is the transmission of healthful and invis orating influence from tho operator to the subject This is effected by the direct transfusion of that to lincd, and to ordinary senses imperceptible, aara-ho nu no 1 vs ia in vitiated andympaired by the existence of any morbid forces at word within the I the operator bo lilely to ·TUE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUERIST, 13 suffer from the contact with discasca patients, it is far more probable that the latter will spiler from the posi tivo action of a diseased system in their resmerist Under every yew of the subject, therefore, both from moral and playsıcal considerations, from a prudent re gard to sell preservation and benevolent feelings, in re ference to the well-being of others, 1 is obvious that duo attention should be paid to the possession of sound lcalth, and duo corporal vigor on the part of the mesmeric operator. GENERAL PHYSIOAL ADAPTATIONS In addition to the foregoing, we may ald that a fino activo temperament, and a physical structuro rathor Ruovo tlo Average in strength and stature, will possess PATE LES TEISATIOX. olvantages of great importance. in general, persons of etiferior muscular doselopment of broad shoulders and largo beads will mesmerise more powerfully thsa iadividuals pot so distinguished, and males Fill usually pesperiso mom eflektually than females. Nono in $ ·14 TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL IESU EN 187. state of sound health, however, need despair of redd ering themselves usetul. It deroid of the average Bourt of power in this respect, let them select sub. jects proportionately beneath the usual standard, apu very desirable results may be expected to follow, moro especially if & due amount of perseverance and energetic determination be brought to bear upon the mat ter To the female portion of society, the care of tho young and aged, the feeble extremes, sceng to bo especially consigned, and for the wants of wafancy, nature has provided in the farrer portion of creation, specialty of adaptation in the largo developracnt of pluloprogenkivezess and the other domestic affectious, such as few mala operators can lay claim to. llere, then, is a sphero of actiso usefulness, suficiently largo and important to evoke the energies and satisfy tho ambition, even of the most asparing lady, and much, as Wo levo no doubt, the more benevolent of tho softer sex will not fall in future years, and under moro favor alle influeules, to assid onsly cultivata MENTAL QUALIFICATIONS. In ascending from the physical to the intellectual and moral attributes which should distinguish tho mes. meric tyro, we would obserye, tliet a fine parcuological development is of paramount importance Ile should Lxva scuteness of perception, to observe Bccurately the outward signs of health and slicesc, it the various symptoms in the countenance, tongue, cyes, gall, &c., of His patiens-lus judgment should be sound, and is memory retentive. Ile skould be well endowed with palivo benevolence, to iddyce him to undertako each caso with the most kindly feelings; conscientiousness, to render bis molives, whetber in its commencement or its progress, pure and noblo; Armoesthat ko may louawearied hy delay and unconquered by dificultier; caution, that lic may plan prudently and conduct lis processes calmly and with sell ?>$S$30, 15 er USt Llacs most tryioz cmergencies, and, finally, a lotty onera tion, that to way lalor in the stradíast assurance of allunate success, as the clicering result of luis al sismes ·TOX ILLOSTAATED PRACTICAL SEESMERIST. prolonged and exhausting exertions While on this part of the subject, we may perlaps be permitted to observe, zliat there is a rather large class of unfor tunate beings, so miserably organized in referepco to tho muoral spliere, that they seem incapable of putting faith i buman testimony, however repulable and wn- Vincing it may appear to ordinary minds, if tts stata monts Lo in contradiction to their satecedent options; at war with their favorito prepossessions. Such 11- Qepartment of tho work, y 18 scarcely necessary to obscrve, tbat a man engaged on a philanthropic : mula 80N should have both the disposition and the ability to Mulollate duties w2tk oficiuncy, and to this wo may add, that good natural endowments and high princi ples, improved by education and invigorated buy habito aro essential preruquisitos Now the practical mes fucrist has beforo Luin & career, wluch will in arcu dat manner demand the combined exortion of asl 119 Decar powers, both mental and plıysical, and, we trust that those to whom nature and fortuno hayo been moro ilinn ordinarily liberal, will undertaho the bonoravle but onerous task in a right, that is, & puro, generous, benevoleat, and noblo spirit PIYSICAL AND TEXTAL CONDITIONS OP TRE SUBJECT MOST FAVORABLE TO SUCCESS iX XESXERIO KITTIXG. AB wo havo treated at some length on the corporeal ami intellectual attributes which alould attack to the Snowful operator, it mas not perhaps Lo amisą, beloro prxceeling Isrilice, to make a few reruarks on tle cor. mislivo conditions in the subject *hich will be found favorable lo mesmeric treatment. Perhaps too much importanco is generally, attached to certain bodily pekuliarities, moro csjurially in relerence to tempers ment, on all four divisions of which with their misiunea tad molifications, success des been obtaine, lilo upas all, failures here beca Bometimor experienced

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·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESMERIST. 15 Such in prolonged and exhausting exertions While on this part of the subject, we may perhaps be permitted to observe, that there is a rather large class of unfor. tunate beings, so miserably organized in reference to the moral sphere, that they seem incapablo of putting faith in human testimony, however reputable and con. vincing it may appear to ordinary minds, if its state. ments be in contradiction to their antecedent opinions; at war with their favorite prepossessions. dividuals, so lamentably deficient in the moro ennobling attributes of humanity, are not calculated to be cutler potent operators or easy subjects In concluding this department of the work, it is scarcely necessary to Observe, that a man engaged on a plulanthropic mis Bion should have both the disposition and the ability to fulfill its duties with efficiency, and to this wo may add, that good natural endowments and high princi ples, improved by education and invigorated by kabit, uro essential pierequisites Now the practical desmerist has beforo him a career, which will in a peculiai manner demand the combined exertion of all his better powers, both mental and physical, and, we trust, that those to whom nature and fortune bavo been moro than ordinarily liberal, will undertako tho honorable but onerous task in a right, that is, & pure, generous, benevolent, and noble spirit. I'IYSICAL AND MENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE SUBJECT MOST FAVORABLE TO SUCCESS IN MESMERIO SITTING As we have treated at some length on the corporeal and intellectual attributes which should attach to the ne amiss, befora .cks on the cor. will be found tayorghio in moppnin

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·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL VESMERIST. 17 refuso submission to nature's laws, and then complain of cottradictory or inefficient results PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR MESMERISING-FAVOR. ADLE CIRCUMSTANCES. It is, in the frst place, of essential importanco, that tho mesmenc sitting should tako place in a suit. ablo apartment. This should be rather warm, and frea from drafts or other aerial disturbances, and, if possi PLATE II.-DEAESMERISIKO. blo, remoso from the sphere of chanco interruptions as noises in tho strechy domestic labors, opening ol doors, crying of children, &c., as any of these are very abulenco, rolonged, A well carpeted and comfortablo room in tho winter, warmed by loro tintil it approaches the heat of summer, not be lor G0 degrees, and with the door and windor closed during the operation, presents the most favorable com. bination of circumstances, in so far as the material ca. Tironment is concerned.

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·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL YESU ERIST. 19 . more determined gaze by the operator, invigorated by a confident will to produce an effect, will be found tlic most efficient mode of procedure Do not make it : case of exhaustion. As soon as the drowsy feeling comes ou, close the eyelids, and the passes will accomplish the rest As soon as the eyes close by means of the passes and gazo combined, the latter must of courso cease, in 50 far as the contact of vision is concerned, but the passes should be continued with steady porseverance, and indeed the prolonged gaze of the operator at tho forebcad and closeu eyelids of the subject, will lo found to promote tho progress of tho mcsmcric sleep. As "passos" occupy a very prominent place in all mesmeric narratives and treatises, and constituto the nost potent ncang, both of superinducing sleep aud romoving discaso, at 18 necessary here to give a inoro detailed description of tho molus npcrandi wlick the incsmerist sbould adopt, in order to effect this part o tho mesveric treatment. Tho operator then being in that position relatively to the subject alrcaily described, ho sloul head of lsring de being toward the subject, tho points of tho fingers within two or threo inches of tho subject's faco and porson, till sleep had been produced. Tboso passes should not generally extend much be low the breast, as it is to tlo Lead and brain that thic inosmerio influence should bo primarily directa „ntervals, however, say of a dozen passes a more piru Jungel opo inay lw mado from head to feet, or at least over the wholo of the trunk, for the purpose of equal. iring the mesmeric fluid, and causing it to lo thorouglıly diffused through the ti holo system. In effecting this, great care should bo taken not to me meriso tho luogs so effectually as to impule mpiration otherwise a beary and Istored Lreathing on the part of tho jatient will be produced. Should this le ferceivel, it is only necessary to insko a few dispersivo passes over tho chest, and at the same time blow a lite $ .

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·TITE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MEŞHEKIST. 23 inches of his dead, and breathe gently on it a few times, gradually advancing, during cach respiration, from the back t8 the top of the forehead, along the top or crowa, at tho same time making a few passes down over the system, as before In every stage of the mesmeric process, indecd from the beginning, it is found that breathing thus over the brain produces a soothing and comforting intuence, and consequently predisposes to blecp Sbould any in favorable or unexpected crisis 1 paia or uneasiness in any way whatsoever, brcating on the lead, and softly patting tho part aflected, will generally calm the excited nerves, and reduce the par. Oxysm MEDICAL APPLICATION OF NESBERISH. LOCAL DIESMERIS31. For tho lundrinental principles of Blusmerism in all its voric aspects, I must refer ifro naler to fools written on this branch of lliu subject luis being an especially practical work, the moulut Ogrerandi is tbo de juurtwent to wlich tho attention of the scader is livro <specially directed Wo will commenco this branch of the subject lig local mosterum, which, as it does not imposo the la bor of Arst putting the patient to sleep, and inay also be calels practices with a snaller annount of knowleine than that which demanda a elate of coma it tunay Naturally claim our first attention in a cuspter espir's jy devoted to the medical application of the science It way here, then, proper to remark, that alaust

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·TIC ILLUSTRATCD PRACTICAL BIESMERIST. 23 inches of his call gradually advanc back to the top at the same tim bystem, as before In every stage of the mesmeric process, indeed from the beginning, it is found that breathing thus over the brain produces a soothing and comforting murace, and consequently predisposes to sleep. Should any unfavorable or unexpected crisis I' pain or uneasiness in any way whatsoover, brcathing on the lıcsd, and softly patting the part atlecteu, will generally calm the excited nerves, and reduce the par oxysmu. MEDICAL APPLICATION OF MESMERISM. LOCAL DESMERISJI. For tho fundamental principles of Mesmerism in all its varicd aspects, I must refer the reader to boods written on this branch of the subject. I kis being an cspecially practical work, the modus operandi is tbo du. farlucut to bucl the attention of tho realer is bere ispucially directed Wo will commento this branch of the snbject by local mesmerian, which, as it does not imposo the la bor of inst putting the patient to sleep and may also be sales practice will sinuller aniount of knowledge than that which demais a state of coms, it way naturally claim our first attention in a clariter expressly devoted to the melicsapplication of the scleroc, It way here, then, to proper to remark, that almost

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·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL CSAERIST, 25 PLATE IY -CONBUBIFTIOX. combinstion with his physical powers, for the accom. plishment of the object. . cal movements on the part of the operator. These ob servations, we must here also repert, apply with equal forco to the ruanipulations which will bo subsequently described as the proper means of producing tho mes. mneric sleep or coma This local mesmerisation may lo applied onco or twice a day, from five to twenty inin. utee, tho length of time being determinable luy the cir. curostanco of the patient receiving caso or not in the shorter period, as it will be well to persevere, in case no alleviation be produced. In como instances, a markel diminution or entiro remoral of tho uneasiness is effected by a fer passes, in which case a prolonged Arrlication i neellese iwhen the disease is especially concentratel, and in. tenso rain is felt within a small circumference, the fin fars mos lo brought to a focus and either beld orur ile part to alerted, or they may be darted down pes

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·tnr; ILLUSTRADED PRACTICAL MESUERIST, 27 has been so fortunate as to succeed in thus obtaining the assistarce of an eficient operator, they shoukl apply for his and, whenes or lispunition is manifested in any Inember of the establishment, as it is by its power to check discaso in the germ, that nesmenisin 18 especially valuable, the time, trouble, and exhaustion of consti. tution, not to say pecuniary expense of a prolonged illness, being thus saved Henco a case of headache, low spirits, or any of the mamfoll ailments froin which dis. caso oft moro formidablo character is so often un folded, and only wants time in which to develop its more fcarful symptomas, should be at onco subjected to the proper treatment, and so all further unpleasantrics prevented. NERVOUS DISEASES The first class of discises to which we would direct attention, are thosu usually termed nervons, in wluch the thoughts and feelings of the subject aro morordly Aflecteel, without a due proportion of visiblo causation externnlly to account for such morbid oscillation from mental force and energy, to depicssion and inaction, As this species of indisposition is very common, and AR PR.... . stago of insanity, may be chechel, croit has had time to mako any very sciero inroads on the constitution. As a general principle then it may lo said, that tho tendency of mosinerisation is to integrato ibo nervous system of the subject, and consequently a few sittings in ordinary cases will often suflc for restoring the lost equilibrium, and more especially to il the operator Ime in a vigorocely healthy condition. Bot as this is not always suffichinh, wo sball Dow procent to detail the processes by wbuch the more severe firms ot nes

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·TITE ILLUSTRADED PRACTICAL MESUCRIST. 27 lias been so fortunate as to succeed in thus obtaining the assistawre of an efficient operator, they should apply for h14 aul, whenes ci indisposition 19 inanifested in any ineinber of tho establislıent, as it is by its power to check disease in the germ, that mesmerism is especially valuable, the time, trouble, and exbaustion of constitution, not to say pecuniary oxpense of a prolonged ill- Dess, being thus saved. Hence a case of licadache, low spirits, or any of the manifold ailments frorn which discaso of more formidablo character is so often un folded, and only wants time in wluch to develop its moro fearful symptoins, sliould be at onco subjected to the proper treatment, and so all further unpleasantries prevented NERVOUS DISEASES The first class of discases to which wo would direct attention, aro thosu usually termei nervous, in which the thoughts and feelings of the subject aro morbidly affected, without a duo proportion of visiblo causation oxternally to account for such morbid oscillations, fron: mental force and energy, to depression and inaction, As this species of indisposition is very common, and . stage of insanity, may be ctecked, croit has had time to mako any very scvero inroads on the constitution. As a general principlo then it may he said, that the tendency of macronication and system ol in oruins. lort equilibrium, and more especially so if the operator le in a vigorously lealdıy condition. But as this is i alnsys sullicient, Fosball now procerul to detail the processes by which the more severe firms of ner

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·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL TÉSZEhist. 29 sition, which, being often repeated, will be found to leave the mind in a more healthful and vigorous state Where condition of the organ analogous to that of chronic inflarnmation is suspected to crist, it may be well to occasionally excite the very portion diseased, as in this way a certain healthful stimulation may be com municated to it, by which the disease will be thrown of more effoctually than by the mere oxcitation of opposito organs This, however, should be done carofully and PLATE V.- RareUXATISH judiciously, and not until after considerable activity has been superinduced in the balancing infuences, and in dood it will be well to arouso the latter simultaneously: thus caution, with hore faith, and firmness, at the samo timo may greatly conduco to a moro desirablo manilės. tation of the first, as it will be thus trained to act in concort with more cheerful aad vigorous influences. This excitation of the diseased organ should be of short duration, and almost immediately followed by its rapid demesmerization by a fer dispersivo Passes. By tepesting this process of mental training at intervals of a day ·30 TITE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL NISIERT. or two, ordinary cases of hypochondria will generally yield in the courso of a few sittings. In audition to this special treatment for particular forins of mental disease by plirepo mesneric excitation, thore 19 another process which it would bo well to adop! whero the disease is supposed to ariso cither from gen. cral weakness or morbid oxcitability of the nervous system-I mean the long sleep. This is effected by putting tho patient into tho mesmeric slumber, and keeping him in it for a low bours without any excitation of the organs, maintaining that state of contact occasionally which has been already described. And hero we must warn all our readers against a practice, whichi, as it has been recommended by some great names, may probably become fearfully prevalent--we allude to Icaving the patient in tho mesmcric sleep for some lours. Such a practico is decidedly accompanied with great danger, and indecd the health and even lilo of tho pa. tient may be tbus placed in jeopardy-some crisis con. nected with the mosneric process itself may occur, or perbaps the subject may approach to consciousness, and yot be unable to shako off the influence by his own cnergies—in this case, finding his operator absent, ho may become very uneasy, and some unfavorable result may occur. As a general principle, indeed, it may bo said that tho presence of the operator is comforting and invigorating to the subject, Luis absence the contrary, so that we would for many reasons recommend that the general practice be to remain with the subject to tho end of the mesmeric sitting, be it loog or short. NERVOUS EQUILIBRIUX. A frequent source of disease among the sedentary and tho studious is the loss of nervous equilibrium. The brain being over and the body under forked, a loss of balance in the distribution of the vital power ensues. The extremities become chilly, the skin fails to perform its duty, and the head is oppressed with a superabund. ance of nervous power. In this condition of the systom, long passes made slowly from the besd to the feet will generally afford relief. While a frequent induc

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·rte ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL XLSerist. 33 opinions respecting its origin and character In reality, However, it is the result of functional or organic discaso of the brain, wliosc manifestations, being thus interfered with, give birth to thoso misdirected actions and inconsequential thoughts which constitute the usual phcnorcas ol mental alienation. Mesmerism is omi. nently beneficial, both from its sedativo and invigo. rating qnalities By the former, it tends to calin tlo over ercitement of the outrageous maniac; and, by the latter, it tends to strengthen and sustain the nervous energy of the despondent and melancholy oven where PLATE YL-GOUT. tho subject. is morally unmanageablo, and requires physical forco for his restmint tho soothing rasses of a vigorous operator will often sullico to muco a calm condition on the previous agitation, ..d thus preparo the way for the mesmeric sleep at a subsequent perial, This sleep should, however, be induced in all such cases, whatever may bw the amount of labor required for its production, as a long, deep dreainless mesmeric slam- Iker will be found tho most potent of all auxiliaries for the n'storation of health When once the state o! com, hve been inducal, it should be repeated daily, and way ho prolonged from ons to throw or lours, and

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·THE ILLU:LUSTRATED PRACTICAL XESMERIST. 35 opinions of the power for & local ailment, it of recent bomngin, will bo found sulīcient. In this caso the passes of should be made over the alticted part, and toward tho nearest extrcinity, so as to carry the disease out of the system, through it, as the most convenient outlet (see Plate V) But in case this should be found insufi cient, then try the mesmeric sleep, and while the sub- (sce Plato X1), and also have passes made in contact Tlo judgment of the oporator must direct his proced uro in roference to tho special necessities of each par. ticular caso RIEUMATISM AND NEURALQIA. Tho following is from General Sir Tliomas Makdor gall Brisbane, Bark, CG1,6 CH Corresponding Atember of the Instituto of France, President of this Royal Society of Edinburgle, LLD, of Oxford, etc. "I havo great pleasuro in acquainting you, that since I left Edinburgh, I havo continued going on well. The rheumatısın in my limba from which I had suffered about twouty five years, particulaıly in my left shoul- * an sc, without obtaining anything beyond tenporary rclic *1 am also liarns anul thankful to aid to this testi monial, that a seven: neuralge allieron in my ripi foot of four years and half Fanling. lias Trela to your mesmeric treatment, and the cl. Cuplult is altogether changed and 1 ·30 TIE ILLUSTRATED MACTICAL NESERIST. had my time permitted mo to remain a little longer, 1 should have beea, under God, completely curel." SCIATICA. A lady, about midsummer, was seized with sciatica in ber lelt leg and thigh, and suffered severe pain, and was unable to walk for 26 or 17 weeks. Jer bus. band applied to the most experienced medical men of the town, and they attended her for two months; the whole of that time she was unablo to Icare ler bed ; then slo gavo up taking medicino, As sho found not the least benefit from it. Suo remaiped unable to walk without the assistance ol sticks until mesmerizod on the 30th of October, when slis was able to rise from her chair and walk without the least assistance, and after the mesmerizer bad operated on her the fourth time, sho was ablo to walk with as much freeness as she ever did in her hifo, and will be over thankful for the introduction of mesmerism. cour, Treatment of a similar kind, in reference to passes, &c., will be found very eficient in gout, care being especially taken in this case to keep the disease in the extremities, so that no backward passes sbould be made (see Plato VI) Should local passcs not suflice, the sleep may be resorted to, both for the purpose of producing general constitutional improvement, and also with the vicw of giving the operator a greater influence over the subject in the after application of local means. PARALYSIS. In cases of paralysis of one side, passes should be ·Gers, his own fingers being spread out, and both 6:9 will permit. This may be continged till the operator When buis vital force being for the time expendel, he will do his subject but liitla good and himself inuch harm by further perseverence Where the voluntary motions havo entirely ceased, the opero tor may take the hand in one of his, and thus baldus out the diseased arm make the necessary passes with For Teakness, either general or local, #bether TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL HESXERIST. 37 which wo shall now proceed to describe. When it, loss of power is only partial, and the patient can tod out his arm or stand upon his legs, then the operator should proceed to make rapid passes in contact from the root of the limb to its extremity. As for exatape, in case of the arm from the shoulder down to the onhands being applied to the work, they will almnet.. PLATE VII -DETS the other, LOCAL TEAKNESS. H ㅉ feels cxhausted La pwen 1 . .

·38 TE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL UFSJERIST. vaatagoous l'asses over tho part afiectul, and the in duction of nudity, as in the case of paraigsis, will gen erally be found productive of the most bencficial no sults in caso of local seakness, whether arising from a morbid condition of the serres or a prostration of muscular strength. TOOTII EITRACTIOY UNDER LOCAL ESMERISX. "A young person had two teeth extracted under the power of local mesmerism, not being put to sleep. On being asked if she suffered much pain in the opers. tion, she replicd not any" DELFXESS AND DOUBXESS FROZ DIRTUI. The first recorded case of deafness and dumbness from birth tras described by Mr John Joncs, surgeon, of Ilfracombe, in a letter to & gentleman of Exeter, England He says "Tho boy Cooke bas been known to me from his birth, from which time to that of his being brought under mesmeric infuence, he was perfectis dumb and --- Lindnntrando routh Torront vibra. vith a fully le bu. 5, and Thom ne he where hen. re ho was maintained at the cost of the parish, in precisely the samo in which he went. I am, however, happy to say, that he now lcars minute sounds, and speaks in a mauner perfectly intelligible to any one. His physical health was al trags good, but not 3 shadow of improvement in the dormant faculties bad ever taken place til brought under the influence of mcsmer Sm."

·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESMERIST. 39 In a subsequent letter, Dr Jones refers to tho above case as follows: "I can only state tlo incontrovertible fact, that tho boy in question was, from my own knowledge, born deaf and dumb, and remained in that condition until placed under mesmeric treatment, through which m strumentality he was brought to hear minuto sounds, and to articulate sulliciently well to carry on a conversation with any one. I ought probably to qualify the Coriner part of this statement respecting dealness—ho could certainly hear the sound of a cannon when fired bear lum, but could not bear tho sound of a bainmer when struck on an invil, much less the human YOICO "Ilo was supported wholly by our parish for a great number of years, till his obtaiuing the absent renses "lle was many years an inmate of the Deal and Dumb Asyluin at Excter, without receiving tlo smal. cst lonelit "I havo only half an liour sinco visited a family in Ifracombe, whoso female servant was dumb for threo years froin ſever, and was most liappily restored to the frco uso of speech in a very short time, through the means employed by a mesmerist It may bo as well to mention, that tho foregoing is the first caso on record in which phreno mesmerism lins proved cffective in the curo of a deaf mute. Tho subject in this instance, was twenty-one years ol nyo prior to his being subjected to mesteric treatlient. Mr. Jones, hapa namn ------ with the caso long and des Ilis calmly philosophic investigation of mestnerism, upon which he entered without the slightest profes. 1. . . uis uiga moral courage in the adrocacy of trut ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL NEWERIBT. 11 mes A young woman for three nionths entirely lost her Bpcccb, being unable to utler a Ford louder than a whisper Medical skill prored of no avail morist being introduced to her, gave her hopes of a speedy cure, which have been fully realized The first four experiments produced but little effect on her; led, but left her im. Tho sixth accom. of her voice, which sho still retains, with every appearance perisauant benefit. SPINAL DISEASES-WEAKNESS OP THE BACK In all cases of spinal disease, wo recommend general mesmerization, with passes down the back, sometimes in contact, and the excitation of firmness, which will with the clothes of the subject, as the aura will read. aly pass through this apparent obstacle. (See Plato XI) TOOTH EXTRACTION IN THE SLEEP. A gentleman having determined to have a decayed tooth extracted, froto which he had suffered much wn. easiness, he was mesmerized, and the operation being performed while he was in a state of coma, le suffered nothing. So completely insensible was the patient, that tbo dentist who performed the extraction, having asked him, on his return to consciousness, wetuer his tooth had been extracted, he put luis finger in kis zaouth to feel whether it had been removed before he could give A satistactory answer to the question. This took place in a theater, and in tbe presence of several hundred spectators. A young lady Laving long been desirous to have a sound tooth removed, to cpable one growing in front of it to take its place, requested & wesmerizer to mes. merizo her, which he did to the cheek alone, produc ·TIIC ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESYERIST. ing in it such a torpid state, that a firm tooth was ex. tracted without giving her the slightest pain The operator likewise took out a second, wbich was loose, and easily extracted, ASTMA. Many cases of confirmed asthms have been known to yield to treatment similar to that described for in. Nammation of the lungs, prolonged, if necessary, over Inany weeks We may bere observe, that a daily rosmerization for indisposition will be found more beneficial than when it is attempted irregularly. When convenient, even the same hour of the day Bhould bo chosen We would also advise that thio mesmeric processes should be continued for some time after the curo seems to have been effected, as much ovil, and many cases of relapse, can be traced to the Colly of suspending the remedial agency prior to its Javing cffectually eradicated the seeds of disease. LIGITNINO STROKE TREATED BY MESMERISM. A young lady was struck by lightning when return. ing homo from a placo of worship, and so severe was tho shock, as to deprivo her of speech, memory, and health In this case, during more than seven years, clectricity, galvanism, and medicine had been fro. quently tried, in rain, yet phreno mestnerism effected lor restoration in ten weeks, subsequeatlly to which sho was married to tho geatleman who had been psy. ing his addresses to her prior to the accidect. INTERNAL DISEASES. In sovero diseases of the chest, 23 in the case of consumption, the application of mesmerism has been uften found to hsre a remedial potency far beyond the reach of ordinary tredicines. And bero reminit the reader of kst liss been state troductory remarks, that whenever the o flucaco is found to act oppressively on the 3 ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESUCRIST, heart, it sbould bo removed by dispersive passes. At tention to this is of still moro importance, where there is reason to believe that any discasc exists INFLAXIATION OR THE LUNGS. Here the mesmeric sleep, accompanied with passes made in various directions over the part affected, more especially transverse, will be found effectual. If tho hands of the operator be brought together in the conter of the subject's chest, and then gently separated, bringing them round the sides, the morb:fic influence will thereby be removed, and perhaps drawn out from tho system After these dispersive and withdrawing passes have been effected for a quarter of an hour, then conclude by directing the points of the fingers at the chest, and move the arms as if directing and throwing out their sanative emanation on the discased part. After which, gently pat or stroke it, as theso latter processes will be found to communicato a certain portion of healthy vitality to the diseased organ. POLMONARY CONSUMPTION. This disease, the scourge of tho young and beauti. ful, by which a largo per-centage of the most refined fairly arched and expanded' ivhen, however, the organization is obviously defective in these respects, the probability of an effectual cure is greatly diminished. Even in such a case, however, when the fall destroyer has not had time to make any ravages, and there is reason to believe that the structure of the lungs is not materially injured, it will be well to muke a trial of this healing power. The processes to be employed are ·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESMERIGT. 43 Very similar to those already described under indam. mation of the langs In addition to which, an occa sional breathing, more especially over thoso parts of the chest where the severest pain is felt, will be found very advantageous. The operator may also in this, as • in many other internal complaints, sit directly oppo site the patient, and while holding lum by ono band, mesinerize him with the other, as in Plato IV. A lady writes regarding the success of mosmcr- 1sm. - "In answer to your kind inquiries, 1 beg to stato, that I have bcen confined to my room for ten days with the most scvero cold I over remember tw lravo had, but under all these disadvantages, I havo tho greatest pleasure in informing you, that by your never. to bo-forgotten insiruinentality, mesinduic influenco ro stored my voice, after a total loss for seven years, and this still remains strong, to the great gratification o! myself and friends, indeed the duty lowo dvrnands my sinccro thanks Trusting that many of my fellow crcatures wilo may labor undor tho sano lors may havo cause to rejoico at the power of mesincrist, I shall at all times bo most happy to bear of your success in a science which must tend to tho general good of our fellow creatures" As an instanco of the opposito opinions and con. trasted feelings prevalent ainong different classes, in reference to tlio essential character of mesberic pilonoinenih womay mention that in reference to the caso aboro described, tho family medical adviser declaroil, tlint Mrs Causey's faith had mado her wholo; while t!io lending members of a remarkably devout body of Christians in the town arerned, that this remarkable restoration as elected by the agency of Satan. IXACTIVE LITER The mesmeric sleep is of itsell generally for the production of considerable scurty ia but tho direction of a mesucric current ·TUE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL JESUERIST. heart, it sbould be removed by dispersive passes. At tention to this is at still moro importance, where there is reason to believe that any discase esists INFLAMMATION OF TIE LUNGS. Hore the mesmeric sleep, accompanied with passco made in various directions over the part aflected, more especially transverse, will be found effcctual. If the lands of the operator be brought together in the cen. ter of the subject's chest, and then gently separatec, bringing them round the sides, the morbific infinence will thereby be removed, and perhaps drawn out from tho system. After these dispersive and withdrawing passes have been effected for a quarter of an hour, then concludo by directing the points of tho fingers at the chest, and move tho arms as a directing and diseased as these inicato a certain portion of healthy vitality to the diseased organ PULMONARY CONSUMITION. This disease, the scourge of the young and beautiful, by, wluch a largo percentage of the most refined fairly arched and expanded. ivhen, however, the or. ganization is obviously defective in these respects, the probability of an effectual cure is greatly diminished. Evea in such a caso, however, when the fell destroyer has not bad time to make any ravages, and there is reason to believe that the structure of the lungs is not inaterially injured, it will be well to make a trial of this licaling power, The processes to be employed are ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUERIST. taying, that nine tenths of our dyspeptic patients sim. ply labor under a deficiency of vitality in the digestive organs, in virtue of which their functions are necessanly discharged inefficiently And liere we would remaik, that much of this weakness is often duo to structure, that is, to a comparatively small basılar rcgion in the brain, in consequence of which only a small amount of nervovital power can be regularly cominu. nicated to the viscers generally. Whero this 18 tho case, medicino can prove but an imperfect aid; and I'LATE VIII.--DTERESS. even mesmerişın may fail to produco & vigor equal 10 tlint wluche found in ormani atang nf for the orcitation of that especial portion of the brain, from which the sensations of liunger and thirst are de nred, and from which prolally ide berrovital forco necessary for digestion is derived. The mode of pro cruun Khich I would recommacad is the following ·40 TITE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL UCSUERIST. * food . dres Ist the patient lo put into tho mesiacric sleep, wbro pass4itiay lumaldu at each sitting over thio region of ilio nutach, buti laterally anil longitudinally, and Tummarized water tuay bo drank at frequent intervals kung ibu day Hut wliou a buscoptibility to phreno mesmeric treat. not line buon inclucou, then it will bo sell to bring tho "lo action, by wluich tho sensations of luoger in thirst will ot dunk may cloup lo contin Pre konerally digested; and not only so, but by in town of Llio process, a greater degree of fi ver, activity will bo found to porvado tuo stomar func outro nlimentary system power Great chro should be observed in exciting so, tho abovo nained, otherwise the subject may bar ver the tito aroused to a degree of ravenousnice. ally on causo laim to disregard the nature of the uctory presented, and a stong, stick, or even the which the food is conveyed to the indu organ. bitten, and this with a degreo of forc® similar to cndanger the teeth. At other times, w gen becomes ungovernable, there is some dane h Con tication may bo so imperfectly performed, e held picces of food to bo swallowed, from their уге. sults, injurious and productivo eren of tho p suffocation, alpi The intensity wherewith hunger is to rienced, can generally be regalated by the the operator's fingers; when light, the appeti moderate; when beavy, strong. By their moval, the sensation and all consequent ac ivit Sugbt pressure will usually be found the most a: tageous, as it conduces to the effective masticativu ut the lood, which would under harder pressure be swallowed, as we have said, in injurious haste and digestrou be thereby impeded. Besides the tise of mes. merized water, te frould recommend that the food of dyspeptic patients should, during the period of their treatment, be subjected to the testerizing process.

·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESSIERIST. In addition to the foregoing, I would also recom. mend, that passes should be made down the spine, from ide pape of the neck to the sternum, as dyspepsia is frcqucntly complicated with spinal irritation, tho details of this part of the process will be found under the head of spinal disease. DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, BLADDER, ETO. The chief object in view throughout the treatment cases of the kind above mentioned should be to he mesmeric influenco to bear, by passes, etc, is the continued application of the land very advantageous effect in all cases of 'scasc, wo would also recommend tho fro sinistration of mesmerized water, which wil. ('to strengthen the stuwach, purify the blood, wcaso tlie susceptibility of the system to mes agency any disciso requiring the offects of a purgativo bouc, tho former may bo produced by the operaicing his bands so that the one may rest on the bon of the sulijcct and the other on his back, just , the latter by placing one hand on the chest, other on the back facing it. DISCISC OF THE EYE. wu many other diseases gradually yielding to its sabatira ipduence In cases of catarach a slighis degree of friction may be occasionally and carefully resorted to; bat it must lo slight, and not such as to endanger the crcitation of any inflammatory symptoms. If the operator would ·48 Tile ILL-STRATED PRACTICAL MESMERIST. batho bis finger in mesmerized water while making the passes, it migut increase their vitalizing propertics; tho oyes may also bo bathed with the water; the forefinger may bo also holt pointed at the eye, at the dig. cancc of an loch (scc Plate IX ), as by Elis means the nervovital power of the opers or will be transmitted into the defective organ. Wliere there is simply & weakness of vision, the steady gazo of tbe operator 18 also very advantageous, as a certain degree of strength seems to be tlus com. inunicated; nor is this to bo wondered at, as the eye is A roady channel both for the radiation and reception of cercbral emanations. As thero 13 also an intimate connection betweon the corebellum and the organs of vision, it will be well to occasionally make some passes over the back of tho head and down the nape of the neck The latter passes may be made in contact. RESTORATION OF THE LOST SENSES OF LEARING AND BPEEON. Extraordinary as it may at first seem, it is never theless quite possible, by the agency of mesmerismo, to restore the use of thoso very important faculties, speech and hearing, not only when they bave been lost by dis. ease, but also in the case of the sufferer having been thus afflicted from birth O! the possibility of the latter, we have now more than mere theoretical argu. ment to adduce--an actual experiment on a deaf rute baving, in the course of two years, proved perfectly successful. Wo may here observe that an intimate acquaintaccess those iently rensition and function of the various organs, to understand and apply the following directions 1. Lata!--it

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LOSS OF HEARING FROY DISEASE.
The subject having been effectually mesmerized, the
opcrator, if the deatness arise froin discaso, should
wake several passes over the cars, and then, with tho
index finger of each hand pointed to the aural pas.
Bages, and held at the distance of about half an inch,
ho may breathe gently along the band and down the
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This may be repeated somo twenty or thirty times
at each sitting, as it may prove convenient Tho hands
should also be simultaneously withdrawn at intervals,
PLATE IX-BLINDNE:9.
of the ears, as
Desincric radi.
LOSS OF SPEECH, ETC.
Tho subject having been, 19 in the former case
offertually mesmerizol, and also rendered phredo mes
merie, the organg of imitation and language should be
excitel (see Plato Vill), and some words bring des
tinctly spyken, or slowly sung by the operator, near
iho car, the subject will cauçavor to follow, iVeR.

·BO TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL ISSUEEIST, the diseaso has proceeded from a sudden shock, and only a functional paralysis bas supervened, it is quito possible that the restoration may be fostantandvus and perfect When, however, this desirable result docs not follow the first attempt , repeat it, and excite, in addition, firmness and concentrativeness. TREATMENT OF DEAP VOTES. Deaf mutes from birth should never be treated incsmerically, save by those who have suficient resolution to persevere in the curative process during many months, and, we may say, years The treatment is entirely similar to that already described, as so suit. able in cases of disease, only in this instance the sim. pler sounds, such as the letters of the alphabet, must bo repeated in the mesmeric sleep, and on the subject being aroused, those words only which have been so repeated will be at his command The procsss necessarily a slow one, the ear will be long in acquiring tho power of catching distinctly the various articulato sounds, and the organs of speech not having been ex. language, for, in its spoken form, even the best edu. cated deat mute bas to acquire it afresh. Perhaps it may be well to observe, that the best subjects for such treatment as the above, are educated mutes, who can Tead, write, and converse with the fingers, as the operator can then readily communicate bis ideas, directions, etc, to the They should not be past the prime of life yet out of childhood. Those without any external sign of organic defect should also be chosen in preference, as this mode of treatment is not likely to be successful, saya in cases where only congenital paralysis has supervened va per. fect structure the condition of by far the larger portion of those so aflicted. In conclusion, we would recommend this subject to the consideration of the beperolent, that they may, by ·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESITEBIST. $1 united effort, originate an institution where deal mpates, having no outward and apparent malformation, may be treated on the plan recommendell, when, should A boly of competent phreno mesmene operators be provided, we doubt not that a large proportion of the subjects would have these dormant faculties aroused mto activity. PARALYSIS AND GENERAL DEBILITY. A local paper says: "A more than ordinary degreo of interest was created at the lectures on mesmerism last week, in consequence of the testimony borne by respectable parties as to the sanitary effects of mesmer. On Thursday cvening, a gentleman from among the audience came forward to the platfoun, and stated, thint lie bad been attacked with paralysis while residing in America, aud that for three years he liad been under the care of several medical gentlemen, but received ISI nn wat L. (hero the gentleman raised luis arm as stated) although proviously lo could not raise it six inches from his side. 11o thought it but justice to mesmerism to stato so much On Saturday evening a lughly respectablo lady, named Robinson, informed the audience, that she hal sufforeil considerably from 11 health for many years, and could with difficulty walk half an hour at a Sime; but after being mesmerized a few times, she felt so invigorated, that she coull not walk six or seven miles without feeling inconvenience. In short, she considered that by the agency of mesmerism, she had been restored from a state of declining health, which liad continued for many years, to a state of actinty rigor; and she would aduse erery lady who might 1 laboring under indisposition-more recally it or. Hinary melical means sbould have failed, as in her case-though she had a brother a medical man-to ·62 TE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL utenfor. havo recourso to mesmerism, and she felt confident if thoy did so, they would bave reason to thank her for the advice" It may bo here mentioned, in opposition to some would bo authorities on the subject, that fits, insanity, and other maladies connected with a disturbance of the nervous system, have also been frequently cured without the induction of sleep. NERVOUS DEBILITY, I am Robert W. Fraser, MA, Minister of St. John's Par. ish, Edinburgh, gives the following endorsement of mesmerism: "I hereby beg leave to state, That I can give my personal testimony as to the great benefit derived by an invalid from mesmeric treatment myself slow to admit theories without sullcrent evi. dence of their being well founded; but what I have witnessed in the case I refer to, in which a nervous mglady gave way to the mesmeric treatment, although previously unaffected by the application of medical skill, Icads me to consider the doctrincs of mesmerism not only worthy of careful plulosophical consideration, but of the highest importance in a practical view, and I can strongly recommend those who are suffering from nervous complaints, to avail themselves of the opportunity which mesmerism promises to afford." CURE OP LOOKED JAW. A gentleman, of Edinburgh, says: "I was seized with & spasm in the jaws, which deprived. me of the og state I was taken to A mesmerizer, to see what could be done After a few passes over the face, I felt considerable relief; and on coming the next night, the mesmerist put his right hand only on my cheek for Bome rigates, and the pain vanished, and my mouth ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL NESŠIERIST. gradually opened, and I became quite well, and have remainc' so ever since, now six months—no symptoms returning 1) INRTROVISION, The most practical and valuable aspect of supersen. suous perception, developed by mesmciic manipulation, is that known as introvision, or the power of looking into or within the body For medical purposes thus is effected, by obtaining a mesmeric subject, gifted with this faculty, who being mesmerized and placed in the samo room with a discased person, and requested to direct his attention to him, will then proceed to de- PLATE X.-TOOTILACNE AND TIC. acribo tho appearanco of his lungs, heart, liver, etc., and, it moderately intelligent will generally accom. plish this fcat to the satisfaction of eren medical hearers, although, it ignorant ol anatomy and physi. ology, his language will of course not le scientilically preciso. Many subjects, hoxerer, are not camblo of accom. plishing this, unless placed in direct contact with the patient, which may be elected in the indrer repre Rental in l'Iste Xv., where the patient toleramined is gestel in ono chair, the introvisional zuhjir wb ·30 TITE Illustråttb FRACTICAL UCSJERIST. is to examine him, is seated in another, their knees Inecting in contact, and the fingers of their hands in. terwoven, while the operator excites language and tho perceptivo powers, to givo incicased aptitude for obser. vation, and additional power of cxpression, for giving a correct description of the phenomens noticed. OLAIBVOYANCE. Prior to concluding this department of the subject, it may be as well to make a few remarks on the much clobated question of clairvoyance. That as & fact in naturo, this condition of supersensuous exaltation does really exist, cannot for a moment be seriously doubted by any one thoroughly acquainted with mesmerism, either by experimental or documentary evidence. It Unoption, dren der it impossible. Ho may prove capable of prevision, postvision and fie seems to be endowed. The achievements of a good lucid are such as to show, that all the phenomena con. pected with the American spirit-rapping may be accounted for without having recourse to the theory of supernatural agency The subject, whose initials are here given, is a gentleman of good family, then a student of Trinity College, Dablin, and now in holy orders. At Luis request bis name is not given; but those of the authenticating witnesses are sufficient, it is hoped, to prove the genuineaesa of the document. * Tn the teyinaa lasta L... -------- 17. TT TT 7 11 ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BEŞİTERIST. 55. Anil covered by tho hinds ol several of 19-do hereby certily, That bo read passages and words in various books, of which he had 1. "R. B Alexander, 19, Richmond Placo, J C. Hayes, 22, Porta land Row: Augustus Johnston, AB, TC.D, 3, Upper Pembroka Street, Oay Crawford, 1, North Cumberland Street, T. W. Poole, Whitworth Place" NATIHAN ITU... Crawford ; Augustus Johnston." "I was present on the 9th of July, and saw Mr. B's clairvoyant rending of the truth of wales I am courlacel -ITeary O'Neill, Angolsea Balding" TO INORCASE THE MESMERIO TOWER. When it 13 wished to increase the mesmeric power of an operator, two or tlırce other individuals, nearly liko lum in temperament, may join hand in hand, and 80 form a chain, the foremost liaving hold of the oper. ntor's hand All should join in vulling that the process prore efficient; and in this way thero will be a concentration of force for the accomplishment of the desired object TO DININISIT TIE MEŞYERIO POTTER. • Whero from the especial suscepublity of the pa. tient, the operator appears to crert too freat a power, he should withdraw to the distance of 1¥q thre, four, or even six feet and sprealing out his fingers fanwise, thus make the masses slowly, when the force will be found to be considerably,malifel, to the great comfort And a fantage of the patient.

·66 TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL 1ESITERIST. AMPUTATION. The following caso was noticed at length in The Crulic, for June 28th, 1815, The Zoist, vol. ni. p. 207, and many of the local papers at the time. It was the fourth painless amputation under mesmerism which had taken place in Britain, and the first in the county of Devon, and preceded the discovery of etber as an anesthetic agent "TOXQAY, Jane 5, 1815. right cs. o pre- Davoy. 784 wo willingly certity, That Dr Pamps's acount of the case, pub- Hshed in 1Poolmer's Gazelle of last wock, accumtely roprcaonta our own Impressions and opinions of every feature of this interestlog experiment. We would only add, that the patient appeared totally Insossible while the first Incision was made, and that, though there was an expresslon of suffering afterwards, We beo no reason to doubt her owA ngertion, that abe romained quite anconscions until she was demesmerized at the conclusion of the operation. " W. JOLLT, Surgeon. M. BUCKINOMAX. JOHN JOLLY, Burgeon. ROBERT BATTERABY, H.D. FX, CLARX. EDWARD VIVIAN. Q.A, BEZ Mrs. M, GIBSON. "On the thirtieth day after the operation, the stump w29 per. I fectly healed; and thanks publicly returned in Tor Church for her rocovery." MESMERIZED VATEE. Almost any substance may be made the vehicle of mesmeric influence, which is transmitted into it by means of passes and pointing The usual plan in ref. erence to water is to procure a tumbler nearly full; place one hand beneath and the other above, as repre. seated in Plate XIV.; in a few minutes, from five to seven at the farthest, according to the strength of the operator, the water will be effectually charged with the mesmeric aura, which proceeds from the finger-enda, 83 represented in Plate XVI. A few passes over the glass are sometimes made in sddition, by way of more offoctually completing the process ·SCIENTIFIC AL'PLICATION. Buo As mestnerism is a potent Agency in nature, it is eminently capable of producing a variety of phenomena highly interesting to the philosopłucal mind, as illustrative of pbysiological laws unknown to ordinary Investigators RIGIDITY. In the first place, an extraordinary condition of tho muscular system may be produced by mesmeric passes, mado like those described in the department dedicated to tha medical treatment of disease, more especially o! paralysis. These being repeated with vigor and rapidity, accompanied by mental determination, for a few minutes, over the arm, it will gradually becomo rigid, And eventually the power of moving it in any direc. tion will cease, till at length entire insensibility will en Theso effects may also be greatly proinoted by the operator's placing the fingers of one hand on the shoul. der of tho subject, and then rapilly moving those of the other from the extremity of the lumb being operatel on, as it attracting some unscen influence out of it. When rigidity has been in part superinduced, then both hands of the operator may be thus employed to increase the effect. The result thus produced, may bo readily removed by reversing the passes, and gently ratting the limb in a direction contrary to that of the passes by which tho rigidity haid been produced, and also by breathing on the limb in A lirection similar to that required for removing the effects by patting Theso directions will apply to any other portion of the system. FIXINO A GUBJECT INVOTARLT TO TIIF. PLOOR ON A GITEX LIST. In this case it is necessary to make rigorous passes, like those just descritxel, down Iwth legs of those 1 ·38 TIJE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MÉSHEbist, ject, and then otbers over that part of the door where the fixture is to be effccted. This should be fran four to six feet in alvanicu of the subject's first position The passes in each case will be more potent if in contact The person to be lised should then be requested to more slowly forward, sliding his feet along the floor, as lifting them up breaks the mesmeric communication. The operator, standing with the mesmerized line in froat of him, should then point at the feet of the subject as he advances, willing at the same time most intensely that he shall not pass the line, over which he may also occasionally make a rapid pass If successful, the subject, on arriving at the line, will be immovably fixed, and incapable of advancing IL 1.-1. may be rendered incapable of lifting his feet from it. There are instances where subjects have been fixed instantaneously, wlule walking at their usual pace, and in the ordinary manner, lifting their feet alternately, Some persons, when thus fixed, experienco a scnso of intense rigidity in the lower limbs; whilo others on the contrary, are most powerfully affected by a senso of weight, as if the gravitating tendency were greatly increased by tbe passes of the operator. The susceptibility to such experiments as the foregoing, is usually greater when the subject has been mesmerized, la some few instances, it is even possible to thus fix an individual by an effort of the will; but extremo busceptibility to the mesmeric influence must then exist In such a case, whatever attitude may be assumed by the subject, he may be fixed in it by the wall of his mesmerist. To nullify the effect thus produced, the subject may waft his pocket-headkerchief over the feet, or flap it at them, and in a short timo will fod bijpseil thus released from bis scientific bondage Upward passes from the operator will also effect the same liberation, when the fixity has been produced by an effort of the will, the relaxation and cessation of which will gonerally sudice to annihilate the result.

·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESIBNIST, 59 As a general ralo in mesmeric operations, wiat voli. tion effects, counter solution will sullico to nullify Tho very opposite result to tho foregoing may sometimes be produced by making upward passes, commencing at the lower part of the spine, and ascending to the head, the process being completed by a sunlar action on all aides of the lead, aiter which the land, with the fingers curved in, may be lield & few inches from the crown of the head, and apyvard and tractiva novements eilccted, as if the hair or any other light substance were being drawn upward In a short timo tho PLATE XI ESCITATION OF FIRXXESA miluject, if susceptible, will bo drawn of his bevis aw! elovala na konu tops, as long as tho passes continue to lo made Warlo ha experiment is being effected, a tundar. ty should stanil soliciently near the salject to sfont A 611 port to the latter, in esse the elevation shuuid is kuch as to strukus prises mintaining a safe lehem Disputat p224ey from the Hesd te the lorer part of the spine, and sometimes cununua the fore, will sure to restore the eglijent to his by wal cogliuos. Wo would not ad rise this esperini ·GO THE ILLUSTRATED IRACTICAL MESJERIST, to be continued for any length of timo, as it rather tends to produce an upward movement in the vita! forces generally, and conscqucntly a slight nanses is sometimes experienced, whiclt, however, the downward passes will suflice to remove It may be mentioned, that in the fixing experiment, the subjcct generally experiences the feeling of increased gravitating tendency, while in the case of clevation it is the very reverse, and he experiences what may bo almust termed lightness of body. Half a dozen individuals may sometimes bo fixed simultaneously by means similar to the above, FIXING IN A ΟΙΙΑΙΑ. Request your subject to sit in a chair, then ako several passes round lum and the chair, as if passing an invisible string around both, then request hun to rise, and at the same time, standing behind the clair, inake attractivo passes from him to yourself. If suc. cosscul, lie will be incapable of moving from the chair, Leing bound to it by invisible but yet irresistible fetters The reverse action will sufico for bus liberation, TO PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL FROU TAKING A KEY, COIN, OR OTHER ARTICLES PROU A TABLE. Place a key or coin on the table; then request tho subject of this cyperiment to place his hand flat on the table, at the distance of a foot or so from the key; then make passes, liko those described, over l.is arın and land, and then make others over the key, and at to samo time breathe on it. Then let the subject gradually slido his band along tho table toward tha kcy, tlic operator pointing at it, as at his feet in the former experiment. If successful, bis arms and fin. gers will become rigid, and immovably fixed to the lable, prior to altiving at tlte desired point. Hali a dozen susceptible persoas may thus be kept comparatively at deliance by one vigorous operator. Vyben high degree of susceptibility oxists, the sub- ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESMERIST. 61 ject may be allowed to dart his hand toward the key, from an clevation of one or two fcet, as if attempting to graso it by a sudden elfort, which may be prevent. ed, and the arm mado rigid in mid air, by a vigoroug 1. non ndika na The effect is easily MESVERIO CONCATENATION, To produco this, place the lands of two very suscep tible subjects with tho palms and fingers in contact ; then make passes over them, from the shoulder of cach subject, and at intervals breathe over the hands. 11 successful, in tho courso of a few ininutes the parties thus concatenated w) bo unable to ecparate, and will find themselves inextricably involved in this Isonis of mesmeric umon, their chains, although invis. thlo boug nevertheless I cry appreciatilu Any number may be thus connected, so that half a dozen persons may constitute an unbioken linc removed by roverso passes or the waving of a pocket kapilkerchiel, or even by tho breath of the operator blown rapidly over the point of conjunction. GENERAL RIGIDITY. The following experiment may bx mado on a suscep tiblo subject either in tho mesmeric trapce or in the norinal condition Let the subject place himsell in the most graceful and beautiful attitude lis Lody can assung and while in this posture, make a few passes from tho cerebellum down over the sping the hands of who operator then branching of, and passing down our cach leg, till rigidity ensues. Taca commenco with the arms, making slow rates from the shoulders to the finger-ends. Your patient may thus be fred in any statne like representation, ilerlei ly your Deterse process. The artis, mith his casier or his funcil, or the greacrs) admirer of the besutilal, wou! 10 a series ol experiments liko tko Alors, find us to giro a stimulas to artistic goniti.

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·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTIOAL MESMEILTST. 63 ILAISING TIIE ARM. For the production of marked effects by the will, it is nccumsary that your subject be highly susceptiblo. If so, let bim stand with his back toward you, then look at him, and will very determinately that his left or right arm shall be raised Il successful, he will gradually clevato the limbs, involuntarily sustaining it in an extended position; it may cven be brought up perpendicularly, and maintained so, without his consciously joining in the production of the effect; Lulling again with a cessation of the operator & deter: Inination. Parties have sometimes been found who would un. consciously obcy the wall of their mesmerist, in walk. ing toward him from the other end of a room, etc In thus way it may bo demonstrated, that a marhorl offect can bo produced on le actions otheis by volition alone When tlic subject is in a comatose, or suino times oven in a vigilant condition, Llio will of the oper ator has been found suflicient to malo an ordinary coin feel unpleasantly cold or warm to the subject, its real temperaturo iemaining the same. SYMPATII ETIO TRANSMISSION OF SENSATION. With a susceptible subject, you may also exhibit another extraordinary phenomenon connected with the higher experiments in mesmerisin, namely, community of sensation between the operator and tho sulyect. Wylo tho latter 18 15 3 state of coma, tako his land, and at the saino time cat or druk, or permit yourself to lo punched, etc, and by the motions of thio mies. morize and il language lo esciled, then by his words, you will find that he experiences sensalions similar to your onn, perhaps somewhat notified an intensity. Odors and sounds manifest a similar law of trang ference, A lako result will follow at rou mesmerize tno or three subjects, and unto them ly a bond of worstad, when they will all simultancously experience th:0 sa Kasations; and it line of individusls in a ·THC ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL HESYERIST, state of vigilanco, linked hand in hand, be made to constituto a line of communicatiou vetween the oper. ator and his subject, the sensation of the former will be conveyed to the latter almost as vividly as if bo were in actual contact, tho individuals composing the vigilant chain being unconscious of this transmission of influence through them. Occasionally, this sympathetic action is manifested between the operator and subject when altogether disjoined, and even at opposite ends of the same room, or oven when in separate apartments. In some in. stances, an equal degree of susceptibility 19 manifested by persons in the waking state, more especially u they have been frequently mesmerized GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOREGOING EXPEBIBENTS. It may bo remarked in reference to the above scien. tific experiments, whether produced by passes or by sileat volition, that the effects will follow the use of che ot of recent experi ic are now so ny to supposc, that all the results of mesmerism, on waking subjects at least, are simply the result of an impression, but the marked effects producible on persons either ignor. ant that any operation whatever is being attempted, or uninformed as to the nature of the result expected, amply sufice to demonstrate that there is a real power cxertert by the operator, which, being transmitted to the subject, will be manifested in unmistakable effects. This fact of a transmitted power, under which the subject is purely passive, is if possible, still moro indubitaviy exlnbited in the numerous instances which aro rccorded, of the natural sleep bring converted into tho pesunene by the use of passes and other means, of wluch the subject must necessarily bayo been quite igaorant ·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL YESUERIST. 65 PHRENO-MESUCRIS), Among the many instructivo and interesting expe. riments which the student of mesmerism may effect, none are more striking or more likely to attract the attention of either the physiologist or psychologist, than thoso which are distinguished 25 pbreno-mesmoric manifestations To produce these, a thorough knowl. edge of plrenology is requisite on the part of the oper. ator--without which, his attempts to elicit thought or action from his subject, can scarcely fail to produce either non-success or even positive inconvenienco to TLATE XIII.-TRARSTOSION OF NERYO-VITAL POWEL tho patient and himself. When it is understood, indeed, that the phenoineda referred to, are to be produced by exciting various portions of the brain to the perform. ance of tlieir appropriate functions it will be at onco perceived, that & detailed and scieatific knowledge or lho exact locality and potency of the different organs is very necessary to the plreno-mesmetic experimental Todividuals attempting to clicit manifestations, when devoid of the requisite Anonlage, cannot fail to pra Quco results of a most unsatisfactory character. Any One of the moto celebrated writers on phrenology may ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL VESIURIST. bo safely taken as a guide, and at icast one such should be carefully studied, prior to any attempts being made, for a bust alone, in incxperienced hands, will scarcely prova & suficient gude The mode of exciting any organ, is for the operator to place his finger on that portion of the head of the subject, marked in the prenological chart, as the seat of that particular organ on which lo may wish to act, and the nearer to the center of anc 7 producing certain manifestations, and first commenco with the PASSIONS OR PEOPENSITIES. As a general remark, we would observe, that these subjected to that law which pervades the whole cere bral mass 10 relation to phreno mesmeric excitation, Damely, tho retention of activity in every organ which bas been stimulated, after the state of cotna bas been 1.-1 11 spect, and by care in demesterizing, the operator may succond in removing all but that educated activity to which the faculty has been subjected; and in consoquence of which, it must, wo bave reason to believe, have increased in functional vigor, Amativeness, combativeness, destructiveness, and the Dewly discovered organ of love of life, or rather fear of duath, we woul, therefore, altogether exclude froin the list of those, whuch may be legitinately excited for the purpose of mere experiment Acquisitiveness and secretiveness afford some very utriking and amusing exhibitions, such as a blind cov - ·TIC ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MEŞYERIST. 67 etousness and sellish desire to possess, and a cunning attempt to hide tho property of others, may be sup posed to give to rise to The very reverse, involving i restitution of the coveted property, together with a liberal gift of additional articles, may be produced by the excitation of benevolence, when the former lavo ceased to act or the affections, pbiloprogenitiveness is, perhaps, the most interesting; to produce the finest exhibition, PLATE XIV.--MESMERIZING WATER. place. Somo subjects are so entirely absorbed by thei: halını affection, as to mistake a bust or pillow for & chuk), either of which they nurse with a most parental fonines Tho feeling of love toward the child may bo increased by exciting adhesiveness, when additional manifest ilions of attachments inay Le expected : bo very careful, in doing this to aroid exciting combat. Ireness otherwise the fondled child may receive a An Actual child may bo given to the subject, wben a uursing scene of the most amusing character will take ·68 TEE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL NESMENIGT, Budden blow, or if language be excited, A sovero repri. inand. GELP ESTEEN affords some very amusing and instructive manifesto trons. Individuals under the excitation of this organ, more especially if it be well developed, display in their manners and conversation an overweening estimate ol their own impoztance, and a proportionate indifference to and contempt for the attainments and abilities of others The position of the body is generally as erect as possible, and if firidess be simultaneously excited (see Plate XI.), the subject generally endeavors to increase his apparent stature, and where there is at tho same turne a considerable love of approbation, exhibits unmistakable signs of care as to dress, persobal appear. anco, etc Hus conversational remarks, however, should languago be excited, will generally afford the most convincing and arousing evidence of his inordinate exalta. tron. We would ad vise parties witnessing such & manifestation, never to take offence at the witty and generally sarcastic replies which they may chance to receive from the subject, who will wake up unconscious of his sharp retorts upon his friends MORAL PRINCIPLES OR SENTIMENTS, .L.AT going, and their subsequent effect on the sabject, if perceptible at all, will be rather of an exalting tban depressite character. With one of these firmnes muscular move. ment appears to be connected; for when it is aroused, the subject rises from his chair and stands erectin some cases the muscular toasion amounting almost to rigidity (520 Plate XI.) There is also at the same tinc the mental condition of determination manifested, ·TIIC ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BIESMERIST. 69 3 taneously aroused into activity. On cither side of this organ we find conscientiousness, the excitation of which gives a keen perception of rectuude, or the want of it, in the conduct, and this 19 frequently sufficient to produce truthful replies to questions that might otherwise have been answered cvasively, PLATE XV.-INTROVISYOX. Choisin ole pithin Site wondering feelings Caution should bo ercited with great care, trors pepecially wliere there is a largo developinent of it, 43 in this case it may superinduce paroxysm of fear, not only very painlul at the time, but even dangerous to the lealth of a delicato or highly s isceptible patient. It will be well, therefore, either to touch lbs organ ·70 THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL ILSUERINT, slightly, or, better still, to cxcite it is combination with olliers, using its influence merely as a corrective of their excess of action, etc It may modify tho display of any of the passions, or even of the other moral septiments, as bonevolence, by superinducing, on the primary impulsc, the restraining influence of a prudent consideration of consequonces I would advise, that, under all circumstances, there should be, after every display of this rather depressive paratively happy and comfortable stato Veneration is not only an ennobling and exalting organ, but its outward manifestation 19 also strikingi for not only will an individual, while under its inducace, express inore of reverence than before for per sons, opinions, or institutions, but if the development bo good, he inay even be induced to rise from his scat, and with his ladds joined and uplifted as in player, will then fall on his knees, and with languago also excited, will pour forth a flood of eloquent petitions for mercy and forgiveness. Of course such s manifestation should not be lightly evoked, nor would it prove convenient in all company. The extent to which it is to proceed taust, therefore, be left to the discretion of the operator. Hope, situated on either side of venerntion, will al: ؛ pear to bo not only possible, but even probable, and every inquiry, wlcre a contingency may be supposed to ovist, hopeful apswer is returned. It thus miti. gates the forebodings of caution, and the somber gloom of a desponding faith, wbilo it at the famo time adds to the intensity of a mirthful ebullition, and serves to materially brighten the beatific visions of ideality. .

·THIE ILLUSTRATED INACTIOAL MESMERIST, 71 Placed immediately in front of veneration, benevolenco exerts a marked influence over the thoughts and feelings, producing an especial kindliness of disposition Under the activity of this organ, beneficence becomes a kind of necessity, and the individuals who are to be the recipients of its bounty are readily evoked, by the force of an excited imagination, in the form of mendicants, etc., to whom not only is the money, pen. should the excitement of the organ be still continucu, the subject will often proceed to remove even articles of clothing, as a coat, etc, from his own person, and present them with pressing kinduess to some ill-clad phantom of his mesmeric dream Of courso the oper. ator must in this case be loft to lus own discretion, as to tlo oxtent of the display When benevolence has improvidently exhausted its stores, a laughablo contrast may be readily superin duced by an excitation of acquisitiveness and secretivo ness, when tho ſugitivo articles being found absent from their accustomed places in the pocket, etc, their return will be urgently demanded, with insinuations not always the most polite, as to the mode in which thoy must have passed into the hands of their new pos ecssors Tho onco doubtful but now decaded organ of sub lumity, will also, m the case of an intellectual and lughly cultivated sulject, afor an interesting display of tho effect to bo produced on the facullies of thought and imagination, by an excitation of the moral scati. ments corresponding with them In combination with ideality, this ozalting organ will frequently evoko an emphatic recitation of some sublimo composition; or, with locality, may conduce to the grandeur and alti tudio of ideal monatalne precipices, etc. Wien lurperly developed, the voice, countenance, and tono of thought and feeling all combine to indicata mental exaltation as a result ot the activity of their important portion o! the brain.

·7R TUE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUERIST. Imitation, situated on either side of benevolence, 19 eminently calculated to afford & fine combination of amusernent with instruction. Under the excitement of this organ, there is an almost irresistible desire to impitnto the words of others, and even sounds produced by tho bruto creation, or by inorganic bodies, such as musical instruments, blows on the table, etc, with a stick, will oscite an attempt at mimicry; and not only is tlicro on increase of desire; the potency is also sugo mented for imitating others, and in this way sentences of foreign languages, and the more dificut combina. Cions of consonants in the Celtic and other guttural trn the will be en diruady alluded to. Tho manifestations of wonder must pot be conlounded with those of sublimity, although, in many cases, there is a considerable resemblance between them A lovo of the marvelous and extraordinary is Ihnunlarimnie.... 4 1 1 Iwwency where a cultivated mind is tho subject of experiment Perhaps it may not be here misplaced, as we are advancing on the intellectual region, to state,' tbat anto. cedent mental culture exerts a marked in luence over tho manifestations alorded by any of the faculties. Ideas of poetry, art, plulosopby, or literature, being familiar only to the scholar, will be aim only be pro. duced with clearness and force; and in the case of mintatili .... is why ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL YESZTERIST. 73 increase of national resources, ctc ; while the student of moral philosophy will be more at home in a learned disquistion on the association of ideas; and thu man of literature will, perhaps, criticise the last new production of tho press, while the divine will almost assuredly Bormonizo somo imaginary audience Ideality is not only cxalting in the influenco which vhen in a high . all the results its influenco PLATE XVI - JENERIC ACR wo aro often gratified liya fino flow of ideas, involving conceptions of unusual beauty and splendor. Some times there is withi language an attempt at oratorical display, or even soine preco of poetical composition. Marthiulness, when ercited alone, usually produces a tendency to indulge in langhite, and, till hope, is often sufficient to cioke : pleasurallo for of spints, giring forth to clieerful fevlings and bright cannota On An gusrally ready and surrisus.

·74 TIC ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESYERIST. 1 If sublimity (lying behind ideality, and usually marked in the bus excited in combie will be found to festation, and ma, eren conduce to the original composition of poetry or oratory. If you want a musical display, arouse time and tude into activity, when there is generally a desire either to sing or play on a musical instrument; or when, from delicioncy of organization, combined with a want of training, any such display on the part of the subject is impossible, then there is generally a desire for music to be produced by some one else In cordbination with firmness and self-esteem, there is often a love of dancing exhibited, the manifestation being either graceful or laughable, as the subject bas intellectual faculties on each other; for, in combination with mirthfulness, there will be a desire to sing play, or hear something witty or comic; while with veacra. tion, there will be an equally marked tendency to de votional compositions The superior and reflective faculties of comparison and causality are also capable of affording an interest. ing display of mental activity, more especially in the caso of an intellectually trained subject, whose habitual thoughts will bo reproduced with even more than their usual force, Causality may either conduce to an argumentativo condition of mind, in which case, special opinions will be either maintained or controverted with marked force, or else a spirit of inquiry and investigation may bo manifested, and the causes of phenoinens, or the necessary effects of causes now in action will be carefully and logically traced to their legitimate results Comparison is sometimes the more brilliant in its ·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESMERIST. 76 display, producing an aptitude for illustration of the lugliest grier, many of the ideas being apparently new and original When the subject is in this state of phreno mesmeric vigilance, a facility in his style of ad dress will often be perceptible under the iniluence of this organ, beyond evcn lus ordinary capacity in the waking activity of his faculties I must here again repeat, that unless mental culture shall have in some measure developed these noble faculties, but little of a superior character in the way either of logical reasoning or illustration must be expected But when they have undergone this cluca tional development, the manifestation of oratorical or argumentative power of a very superior order may be anticipated Individuality and eventuality are often serviceable, in ading the memory to recall some portions of its stores others 150 unattainable, thus, for example, under time and tunc, the words of an imperfectly remem lored song will sometimng ho recovered by the aid of -rcasco power will events, etc, that remembrance of places onco visited, but, with ideality and sublimity, will also conduco to the formation of conceptions of grond and romantic scenery, etc. Should the subject crr in his ideas as to his position, this organ, in con. nection with tho foregoing, will generally sufico to givo him accurato perceptions of the room, etc., ia which ho is placed at tho time of the experiment TITE TERCEPTITE OROANS penerally conduco to an especial activity in the dis. charge of their respectire mental functions. Thus, tinier number there is a lore of calculation, And sometime, an increascal capacity for mental arith. mrtic. Tith onder, things !ll distributed in their Propor placm; the mit sprant will arrang dua. onlemel table; the young lady muy adens herself to ·74 TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUERTAT. It sublimity (lying behind ideality, and usually marked in the busts with a note of interrogation) be excited in combination with the foregoing urgad, it will be found to both invigorate and elevato its mani festation, and may, in the case of a superior mind, even conduce to the originial composition of poetry or oratory. If you want a musical display, arouse time and tune into activity, when there is generally a desire esther to t; or when, from with a want of art of the subject 18 impossible, then there is generally a desire for music to be produced by some one else. In combination with firmness and self esteem, there 18 often a love of dancing exhibited, the manifestation being either graceful or laughable, as the subject has been trained or not in the Terpsichorean art Lively rok. nun 11. La tive or intellectual faculties on each other, for, in combination with mirthfulness, there will be a desire to sing, play, or hear something witty or comic, while with veners tion, there will be an equally marked tendency to de. votional compositions. Tha annarin and molantinn hanttinn e con- L usual force. Causality may either conduce to an argumcntativo condition of mind, in which case, special opinions will be either maintained or controverted with marked force, or else a spirit of inquiry and investigation may bo manifested, and the causes of phenomena, or the TC- ·REMARKABLE EXAMPLES. PROFESSOR AGASSIZ RELATES HIS REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES AS A SUBJECT. 11 an inves Mr John would dis lo did not choose to suppress Deity in his scientific writings Many of our readers may not have scen the account which Agassiz wrote, when a young man, of his mag: netization at Neufchatel, Switzerland, by the Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend, an intimate friend of Charles Dickens. The account is interesting as exhibiting Agassiz's devout feelings even when a young man, Subjoinod is a full translation. It has never bclaro, wo believe, been published in this country: Desirous to know what to think of mesmerism, I for persons. M Desor, in 8 visit which ho made to Berne, invited Mr Townshend, who had previously mesner. izeul him to accompany him to Neufchatel and try to mesincrizo mc. Theso gentlemen arrived here with the evening courier and informed me of their arrival. At eight o'clock i went to them We continued at supper till hall 1st nino o'clock and about ten Vr. Townshend commenced operating on in Wulo wosst oprosito to each other hc, in tho Erst place, only took lol of my hands and looked at 100 firmally 1 was firinly resolved to arrive at a knowl. algn of the truth, wiatrer it might be anu, llcnlore, ·46 THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL VEAMERIST. a hasty toilet, or the young gentleman brush the dirt from his coat, the divine will perhaps moro distinctly remember the beads of his discourse. Color 18 sometimes of advantage, where the subject is highly susceptible, 19 enabling him to perceive different tints by the touch, as some blind persons are said to do, so that with bandaged oyes, he will readily distinguish red, blue, white, or black, together with the color of various articles of dress, etc. Weight gives a perception of the force of bodies, arising from gravity, or their monentura from impul. sion, and thus quickens the perception in relation to weight, equipoise, etc, of external objects, and even conduces to a greater steadiness in the walk of the possessor. Size and form will also be found useful, when you wish to afford your subject more accurate perceptions as to the volume, distance, and relative position of bodies. His motions will thus be more correct in the per. formance of mechanical operations than they would otherwise prove; and it will bo well to arouse them, should hammering, sawing, or any operation bo proceeded with requiring the use of edgo tools, or other 2.0'-hospinalni TA TO DIMINISU OVER-SUSCEPTIDILITY OF A SUBJECT. Should spy highly impressionable subject be appro hensive that his susceptibility might bo taken advan. tage of by others, it would be well for the operator, at the conclusion of his course of treatment, to powerfully ·REMARKABLE EXAMPLES. PROFESSOR AGASSIZ RELATES HIS REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES AS A SUBJECT. en inves. Mr. John would dis 10 did not chooso to suppress Deity in his scientific writings. Many of our readers may not have seen the account which Agassiz wrote, when a young man, of his mag: netization at Neufchatel, Switzerland, by the Reverend Chauncey Haro Townshend, an intimate friend of Charles Dickens. The account is interesting as exhibiting Agassiz's devout feelings even when a young Subjoinod is a full translation. It has never beforo, we believe, been published in this country: Desirous to know what to think of mesmerism, I for ihan .. izend him to accompany him to Neufchatel and try to mesmerizo mo. --- UTIO U CIUCA anu about ten Mr. 'lownshend commenced operating on me. Whilo wo sat opposito to each other he, in the first place, only took hold of my hands and looked a ne Grally, I was firmly resolved to arrive at kopl. align of the truth, wlisierer it might be anú, Horation ·78 TIIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL utsatEntsT. the moment I saw him endeavoring to exert an action pon me I silently addressed the Author of all things, beseeching Him to give me power to resist the ifluenco and to bo conscientious in regard to the facts, I then fised my eyes upon Mr. Townshend, attentive to whatever passed. I was in very suitable circumetances; the hour being early and one at which I was in the habit of studying I was far from being disposed to sleep I was suổiciently master of myself to expe rent through all my limbs, and from that moment ny myelids grow beavy. I then saw dr Townshend extend lits hauds before my eyes as though he were about to plunge his fingers into ther, and then make different circular movements around my eyes, which caused my eyelids to become still heavier. I had the idea that he was endeavoring to make mo close my eyes, and yet it was not as it some one had thrcatened my eyes, and in the waking state I had closed them to prevent him. It was the irrepressible heaviness of the lids which compelled me to shut them, and by degrees I found that I had no longer the power of keeping them open, but did not the less retain my consciousness of what was going on around me, 80 that I heard Mr. Desor speak to Mr, Townshend, understood what they said, and heard what questions they asked me, just as it I had been awake, but I had not the popor ot auswering 1 endeavored in vain several times to do so, and when I succeeded I perceived that I was passing out ot tho state of torpor in which I had been, and which was rather agreeable thap painfal. In this state I heard the walchryan cry ton o'clock ; then I heard it strike a quarter past; but after that I fell into a deeper sleep; although I never entirely lost my consciousness. It appeared to me that Mr. Town. shend was endesvoring to put my into a sound sleep;

·TIIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTIOAL HESBERIST. my movements seemed under his control, for I wished several times to change the position of my arms, but had not sufficient power to do it, or even really to will it, while I felt my head carried to the right or left shoulder, and backward or forward, vithout wishing it, and indeed in spite of the resistance which I endeav- .. then a kind of surprise on feeling my head fall into I'LATE XVII. This Mate Incantes Aond the Oum only may be Nesmerized, and Trett extracted ruthout Puit, tchue the Fluent remains in nuor dinary waking condition. Mr. Townshend's hand, who appeared to mo from that titne to be the causo of the attraction. To lue inquiry if I were well and what I tell I found I could not answer, but I smiled. I felt that iny features expanded in spite of my resistance. I Fas innarully confused at experiepciog pleasure from an influenco nhich was mysterious to me. From this moment I wished to wake, and we less at my esse; and set on Mr. Townshend asking to whether I risbed ·78 THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESERİst, and to be conscientious in regard to the facts I then fixed my eyes upon Mr. Townshend, attentive to whatever passed. I was in very suitable circum stances; the hour being early and one at which I was in the habit of studying, I was far from being disposed to sleep I was suficiently master of myself to expe Mr. Townshend opposite to me However, after at least a quarter of an hour, I felt a sensation of a cur. rent through all my limbs, and from that moment toy eyelids grew heavy. I then saw Mr, Townshend extend 219 hands bofore my eyes though he were about to plunge his fingers into them, and then make different circular movements around my eyes, which caused may eyelids to become still heavier. I had the idea that he was endeavoring to make mo close my eyes, and yet it was not as it some one bad threatened zay eyes, and in the waking state I had closed them to prevent him. It was an irrepressible benyiness of the lids which compelled me to shut them, and by degrees I found that I had no longer 19 power of keeping them open, but did not the less retain my consciousness of what was going on around me, so that I heard Mr. Desor sposk to Mr, Townshend, understood what they said, and Icard what questions they asked me, just as it i ? Tather agreeable than painful. In this state 1 beard the watchman cry ten o'clock ; then I heard it strike a quarter past; but after that I fell into a deeper Blecp; although I never entirely lost my consciousness. It appeared to me that Mr. Town. abond was endeavoring to pat mo into a sound sleep;

·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BISERIST. 81 periments which Professor Agassiz, of Neufchatel, per mitted me to try npon himself In these I was, of course, peculiarly desirous of concentrating all my at tention upon the effects to be produced upon a man of learning and science The very circumstances of the case compelled me to exert my inind in an tindivided manner But one evening the non-arrival of expected letters from home forced me into another train of fcel. ing, and during the mesmeric processes, I could not prevent my thoughts from occasionally straying from tho scone before me into anxious surmises as to the un Plath. XXIII Let Hochers or Xurses make donirard Pusses over the land Pice, atul Chest of the Chul (especially one tha face), which wie often preren Conrulsions and I during Teething. cause of the silence of my friends. My 1 atient, although ho had his eyes closed, and his limbs paralyzed in the torpor of tho mesmeric slumber, was not slow to per mire tho randerings ol my attention, and although tras at the timo engaged in the mesmeric procreses to all ontvand appearance an actively as trenal, called out to me constantly and coincidently with the remissing of my thoughts, You influence mo no longer; aro nut exerting yourselt.

·82 tte ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL Aksu entst. "Professor Agassiz, wlio could not of kinsc]f niopo a muscle wlien mesmerized, moved when impelled by nze, like an automaton, across the room. Even whick retaining his conscioustiese enough to resist my efforts, by mere gestures, without contact of any kind, to move his limbs, he subsequently owned that he was actually compelled into such motious as I wished him to per form." JESJERIO SORCERY. Tho Chicago Times thus describes the performances of a lady in that city : Mrs Aliller is a lady about twenty years of age, of slight form, with expressive and winning features, is a perfect gentlewoman in deportment, and, 80 far 19 ccrtaca phases of the phenomena are concerned, that are exhibited in her presence, fraud is simply out of the question, for the whole experiment is, so to speak, locked in the visitor's own mind. In the case of the young man Brown, hidden objects were discovered by taking the hand of tho party having secreted it, placing it over his eyes, previously blindfolded, and then leading the party to the object. But in his caso it was necessary that the person with whom he was thus placed en rapport should place his mind intently and undeviatingly on the object, or tho experiment did not succeed. In the case of Mrs. Miller this prerequisito is not called for. On tbe contrary, she allows the visitor to think of two objects at the same timomor, rather tako them, - n, And oper ation. Thas the visitor is requested to ask a mental ques. tion-one involving & test and take in his mind to objects, the one to stand for "no" and the other for * yes.* Taking the visitor's hand, slie will proceed to one of these objects, never failing to give tho test. To illastrste: A gentleman thought of the licad of his capo for "ges," s distant object in the room for

·mediunt that has ever been seen in Chicago. Vs.
THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUPRIST,
"00," and asked the mental question : Lave I a
brother living in Chicago ?" The lady took him to his
of an evening, scores of such experiments are made,
and so far as the writer's observations go, they nere:
fail. So much for Dirs. Miller's mental experimenta.
Her physical experiments are even more wonderal
,
to place tho tip of lur hager upon any part of it
uslly trying to get away from the lady's antagoni
and will carry him about, not hero and now there, atar
will generally sustain a position over his bcad. '16
family furniture
Another phase of Mrs. Muller's meliumship is ela,
writing Tlio risitor is allowed to bring his own!
- double loched slato it ho chooses mand wlich ilo
malium has licld it under a table, intelligent answira
to questions or other tests, se invariably foued ?
ten on the inside of the local tiste,
But lier jueve de product is hier materializing plus
For scientific and test experiments this Isis is the way
her hands are securely tiel, resol and sealed Image
iron rings, chairs, costs and rests are put on
1
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·84 TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL LESMENIST. son so quickly that absolutely no time is consumed. Conceding that she was not tied at all, but was freo to to do with her hands as she chose, sbe could not manip. ulate three large chairs as they are manipulated in her presence. Taken all for all, Mrs Miller, in the variety of hor phases, stands probably at the head of the physical mediums of the country; the more so as she imposed almost no conditions ASTOUNDING [ESE ERIC POWER. [From tho Homeward Mail, ot Izdia) A curious case of mesmerism is recorded by the civil surgeon of Hosbungabad A young woman named Nunnec, agcd twenty-four, was married somo twelve years ago, she, however, did not go to her husband's huvu two years afterward After staying with aim eight days she suddenly became inscnsible, and remalled so for two or three days. She was taken back to her mother, and soon got well. Then follows a very remarkablo history, During the next four or five years she never entered her husband's house without falling insensible and re. maining so Jie was very kind and attentive to her; size liked him, but whenever he camo into lier presence she at onco sank into this state. This went on till sho I became emaciated and exhausted, and at last ber pareats applied to the court for & separate maintenance for her. While she was in court the husband entered, and Ble instantly became insensible, and was carried to tho hospital, where the case was carefully attended to by Dr. Cullen While in this slate ber pulso mas even, poih- " there hus. band was mulled up, and made to salk through the ward Sho said she felt bo kas near her, and was by ·TIE ILLUSTRATED I'RACTICAL MESJERIST. the place she recorered. The experiment as to the influence of the husband's presonce was tried in all forts of ways Ho was madlo to pass behind her, and to bo ncar her, 11 &&cparato verd, but this had no effect, but whenever he was brought to look on her face, though mullei ur, or thisgused as a policeman, As & sepuy, and so forth, she was at once influenced The experiments contan uert for alvout a month, and this conclusion was that the labanıl unconsciously mesmerized her Tho cout camo lo he conclusion that it was impossedile that she conh? live with him, and a separate allowance ** vrelerce The lushani was asked to try if he could Dol Tororo tło clieci, sceing that he had tho power to canso 1, but he was quito frightened at tho idea of Ln. ing the power, and would not cubtrol it any way A CIOT "COND SI017." A Cincinnati se san voucia's for the truth of the {wlowing strang 2071, which recently happened in As suhe po 119 of At a very into Henr my the eveny aut aukest kan mindate attend nner up Istr 814h pinet I tuoi proceeded to the carriake the current esthunesi tis evap1208 A3 to the nature of the child's less Anit was surprised to learn that he had mu bor foor four month, and nt that uime she was nel She alsu directed his attes 2013 ty the esth? who sbe sant met ber al ibu droit and sit on the organite sent, dekking sick and NASA, lust the doctor, inuch to ma surpr., could say no one Hracing the house, boneses, they found the card seriously ill in bed, though the mother had not ses fested it qatil she entend the carriage at ibo Elation STOGESTIONS TO EXPEDIVENTERS Deorge Sandby, Jr, JA, says: “To be the first Fonder is that an art mihia the reach o! ere goods should have rinsinn so losg A FOCT* 4 Wo do not now," says Dr. Itule.13., "ci:berite «ence or the limits or this astonishing power: who liats)

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·TUE ILLUSTRATED PILACTICAL ESMERIST. 85 1 the place she recorered Tie experiment as to the influence of the husband's presence was tried in all sorts of ways Ho was made to pass behind her, and to be near lier, in a separato ward, but this had no effect, but whenever ho was brought to look on her face, thougla muffled up, or disgused as a policeman, as a sepoy, and so forth, she was at once indlucnced The experiments continucd for about a month, and the conclusion was that tho lustand unconsciously mesmerized her Tho court caino to the conclusion that it was impossibile that slio coull live with lam, and a separate allowance was orilere. The husband was asked to try if he could not ionovo tho eloct, seeing that he had the power to causo it, but he was quito frightened at the idea of hav. ing the power, and could not control it any way. A CASE OF "SECOND SIGHIT." A Cincinnati plıysician vouches for the truth of the following strange story, which recently happened in A lady drove to lus office at a very lato hour in the evening, and asked luns immediate attendance upon her sick Inughter As they procccded in the carriage the doctor questioned his companion as to the nature of the child 8 illness, and was surprised to learn the phant. ---.. At that! tion tot and ont but tho Reaching the house , bowerer, they found the child seriously ill in bed, though the mother had not sus pected it until she entered the carriage at the station. that city STGOESTIOXS TO EXTENUESTERS. George Sandby, Jr, M.A., says: "To me the great sonder is, that an art within the reach of everybody should hsie remained so long a secret." "We do not knom," says Dr. Hafe!and, “either tho escenco or the limits o! this astonishing power: who ·8C TIIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUERIST. 33 ever, then, undertakes to direct this power, let him enter upon the duty with the most profound respect for the principle which he codeavors to set in oper.- tion Despite the progress made by investigators, there is doubtless much to be learned, and every student must in a manner grope his way to knowledge. Even where we aro able to say that certain manipulations usually socuro particular results, yet we are not able to say certainly why or how they do. Doubtless the scienco of mesmerism is an exact one, but we have not mastered all its socrets. A non-believer in mesmorisın will sometimes say: "Nesmerize me, and I'll believe you l" and if, as is almost certaia, the experiment tails, bo will consider the question finally settled. A mesmemzer writes 2 manipulations seat on for a certain period, much interest was felt by the spectators; when, after a given time, our upsusceptible gentleman rose up looked round the room with a triumphant smirk ol self-satisfaction, do claring that he felt nothing," and then left the company with the air of a plulosopher wlio liad refuted the claims of Mesmerism once and forever I and this is called experimenti as it certain conditions were not indispensable. What all those conditions are, we aro not prepared to show; but common scose miglit surely teach us that some conditions wero at least required. In chemical cxperiments on impassivo material sub. stances certain conditions sro demanded; how much more so on the delicate human frame, where tbo mind can in addition offer a resistance, and the party himgell strain his utmost to reject tho sleep? Those who havo been present at Irctares on galvanism or chemistry to bo placed under the process, is : "Do nol ask tó iro ·TUIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MLSBERIST. 67 mesmerizcu yourself; go and mesmerize your patients, and depend upon it that you will not only accoinplıslı much benefit, but you will soon have a proof of the truth of my words" Captain Valant, of Chatham, who a short time ago was n " thorough sceptic,' as he called himself, 19 now a niost powerful and successful mesmerizer Numer ous cascs could bo related in which he has relicved and lava scen others succeed with a great many more. 1 have also, in inany cases, without putting tho patient to sleep, removed headaches, toothaches, soro throats, and soveral other pains, not only in women, but strong men, meroly by manipulating the parts affected" Spaco is wanting for an inscrtion of somo interesting Incts connected with a low of his patients, but the attention of tho reader is invited to the following “In my practice ol mesmerism I lavo net two curtous cases which may perhaps to worth mentioning In both of theso my subjects wero pourtful men, brother captains in tho army, whom I had repeatedly ined to Inesmerize, but could only succeed in closing their eyes, without being ablo to put them to sleep so that they could not praesinly open them till I dcmesmerized them I could cluso their eyes in about two putes, cien luy fiving them a glass of magnetized water I liad also ilio pwer of cataleping the limbs of one of them by ranking passes orer them GUCOESTIONS FOR AVOIDING FAILURES. In mesmeric experiments, whether in phreno roag nctism or with metals, it is indispensable with most patients that the action of the first experiment le mored, or wear off, before a second and different one bo attemptel Thes will others ise clash and is juro cach other Time and the greatest dicely are requi. site. Tho slightest circumstanco may one and dis. turb the pageal and so produce a real fur'un ia tko experiment, and a sminz izpratne os the part of sho sleeper.

·86 THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESUCRIST. tion ever, then, undertakes to direct this power, let him enter upon the duty with the most profound respect for the principle which he endeavors to set m opera. Despite the progress made by investigators, there is doubtless much to be learned, and every studert must in a manner grope bis way to kaowledge. Even where we are able to say that certain manipulations usually secure particular results, yet we are not able to say certainly why or how they do. Doubtless the scienco of mesmerism is an exact one, but we have not mas. tered all its secrets. A non-believer in mesmerism will sometimes say: "Mesmerizo me, and I'll bolievo you l" and if, as is almost certain, the cxperiment fails, ho will consider the question finally settled. A mesmerizer writes . manipulations went ou for a certain period; mach interest was felt by the spectators, wben, after a given time, our unsusceptible gentleman rose up looked round tho room with a triumphant smirk ol sell-satisfaction, dia claring that ho "felt nothing," and then left the com. pany with the air ol a philosopher who had refuted the claims of Mesmerism once and foreverand this is called experimenti as it certain conditions were not indispensable. What all those conditions are, wo aro not prepared to show; but common senso might surely teach us that some conditions were at least required. In chemical experiments on impassivo inaterisi sub. stanccs certain conditions are demanded; bow much moro Bo on the delicato human frame, where tho inind to Lo placed under the process is ; "Do not ask to Lo ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MLSZENIST. 87 mesmerized yourself, go and mesmerize your patients, and depend upon it that you will not only accomplish much bentlit, but you will soon leave a proof of the truth of iny words Captain Valiant, of Chatham, who a short time ago was "thorough sceptic,' as lie called linisell, is now & Riost powerful and successful mesmerizer Numor ons cascs could be related in wuch le has relieved lave also, in many cases, without putting the patient to sloer, removed headaches, toothaches, sore throats, and soveral otlior pains, not only in women, but strong mon, merely by manipulating the parts affected." far at. “In my practice of mesmerism I liavo inct two nalenhanciani I could cluso their eyes in about two ininutes, even luy giving them a glass of magnetized water. I had also tho wwer of catalersing the limbs of ono oł ibem by making passeg over them. SUGGESTIOXS FOR AVOIDING FAILURES. In mosteric experiments, whether in prenoszagnetism or with metals, it is indispensable with momt patients that the action of the first experiment la re moral, or wear of, belom a second and diferent one bo attempted. Ther will otherwise clash acl injoro rach other. Time and the greatest niąly are requi. sito. Tho slightest circumstanco mayoreet 2011 (19- turb tho palep, and su prolece a mal failure is the experiment, sad a gming impartir ca teo Astol to sleeper.

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·TUIE ILLUSTIS.ATCH PRACTICAL ALSVERIST. 89 Eaul Stanlops, wliose planthropy and Christian krodness are so universally known and admirei, was a practicor of the science This excellent nobleman was not deterred by popular prejudice, or by the ridicule wluch some newspapers endcavored to casi upon him for bis zcal in the cause from appearing as the ad. vocate of truth In letter, of which he has permut. tod rae to mako use, the noble lord mentions several cases in which ho had been of signal service to some of 1125 sick and pooror neighbors In particular, lo roves the case of a young man, aged twenty seson, liv had lx'on obliged to give up his place on account of a nervous affection, which produced syncopo upon every erilling crcituinent After being mesmerized a few testes, do 9 gierfectly cured Another was the case of a young woman, aged swen Lytno, sko daughter of a day laborer, who was amicted with such volont epileptic fits that she also was obliged it 81 Ilter a treatment of a short du tatlon klo xa« pronounced quito well, and returned to hier mituation with her former masior Olber Yery 12 teresting particulars could be added, it the limits of this work allowed it نهال ۹۱۱ (frs911 ۱۹۹۱۳۹۱ ) DANGERS OF HESLERLEH. The mesmerism has its dangers, must be admitted : that good is there in nature free from somo attendant ev;? What is thers that folly or wickedness may not aluse? Saill I am persuaded that the actual amount of these dangers is very greatly eramerated Tbo insisibility of the agenin-our grorance of the trua pirmps of man'a organization, the norelis of iborom. mily, and our batural timidity at the employment of a nes and mysterious imitment, all these circumstanco woull cast a deeper shade of coloring over that ds: much more really exist: but luring taken muchas to platuine the subjekt, sal discussed it often with como of the most experienced racsiderizers, I feel as unalisi arpzelepssoas aro lo * Test degree without foundation.

·SS THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL NESYERIST. EMINENT LESVERISTS. Success Cul Thomas Wil]shire, commanding at Chatham, has practiced inesmerism extensively, and with grest It is no new thing to see the gallant profos. I of arpis leniling the warmest aid to tho cause of Humanity, and many military men, with a zeal and henevelioce that reflects the bighest honor upon them, have taken up our science To Sır Thomas Willsbire, J' .- inhad 11d UNLU 15 Se> striking that it cannot be too olten laid uu. for the public Anutyry servant, who bad been for a long timo sufirma pun in ber upper jaw, of & most excruciat in hend, was compelled to undergo a scvere operation on its count The pain was so intense that she could wly buear a touch on the part affected Mas Wilshire put her into the mesmoric me k am tire sur un commenced the operation. It laswethan five minutes. She did not feel + the Not a inuacle or nerve either twitched or moved Wr Sir Thomas avoke her, she was not conscious of having gone through the operation It should be added that the sympathy of taste as developed in this case Vhen Sir Thomas took wine, the patient said she tasted it The same experiment was tried with biscuit, and she tasted biscuit" Hough sho felt not the pain of the operation, when Captain Valiant pinched Sir Thomas's hand, she imamo diately felt it, oni said she did not like it Among other cases, Sir Thomas Willshire has cured servant, named fatlarino Cocks, of a pulmonary most with which she had been very ill and afteck: et parfectly restored to hralth tost and well." "though the in who had altended her for somo Jously to the mesmeric operation, Asthat she could not survivo the easting And ·Tut ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL HLEM CRIST. 89 Fail Stanhope, whose phuanthropy and Christian kindness aro so universally known and admired, was a practicar of the science This excellent nobleman was not deterrcd by popular prejudice, or by the ridiculo which some newspapers endeavored to cast upon him for his zeal in the cause--from appearing as the advocate of truth In a letter, of which he has permit. tal mo to make use, the noble lord mentions foveral cascs in which ho had been of signal service to sono of lits sick and poorer neighbors In particular, lo Aivis the case of a young man, aged twenty seven, who had been obliged to give up his place on account of a nervous affection, which produced syncope upon crery trilling cxciternent After being mesmerized a few times, he was perfectly cured Another was the case of a young woman, aged twen. ty two, the daughter of a day-laborer, who was alıcted lier situation with her former master Other very in teresting particulars could be added, if the limits of this work nllowed it. PANGERS OP VESTERISM, Tho. AU & whild A! *rsuaded that the actual amount of the dangers is very greatly exaggerated, in stority of tho ngent--our JGDOMARce of the true *prings of man's organization, the porelty of the rem. els, and our natural timidity at the employment of a Mar anil metar . cajace nesmerizers, 1 fect ascond Ural apprehensions are to a great degree without foundation, 1 ·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL HESHIERIST. In thic treatment of serious ailments mesmerism may have its dangers, when practiced by the ignorant and the timd. A nervous mesmerizer is worse than a nerv ous patient. The calm collected manner of the judi. cious magnetist will soothe the most agitated sleeper, but even the tranquil repose of the decpest slumber way be disturbed by a sympathy with the frightened and unpracticed manipulator. But what is there strange or unusual in this ? why are not experience Add competency equally necessary in mesmerism as in everything else ? who employs & raw surgeon for a formidable operation ? who sends for an untried dentist to extract , dillicult and decayed eye tooth ? Skill, practice, knowledge are qualifications that are requisite in every department, and in no treatment aro cool. ness and presence of mind moro essential than in the direction of the mesmeric power. Among dangers I would more especially mention those that may ariso out of the alarm of an inexpo. rienced practitioner. If a change quite unexpected should take place in the sleeper--if the trance should bo prolonged to an unusual duration--if convulsions, or fts, or violent pain (all, in every probability, symp. tors of the desired action) should come on, tho incxpert mesmerizer might take fright; bus friglit would act sympathetically upon the sleeper; great excitement and agitation would be tho result; thus ngain would react on the mesnicrizer; till, from the inutual effect on cach, very serious consequences might be produced Tho lealth of tho patient might bo affected most alarmingly; but all this would be the fault , not of mos bad TOS inerizer bcos Holy to lear; NO ANONY Laat tue most violent hysteric action is often the sign of a welcomo crisis; ho knows that the most prolonged slech bleeperen of days will rear itself out at last; ho knons that the most threatening language and aspect of the sleepnaker (like that of a person in 8 derabged condi. tton) csa be best met Uy coolness and kindness; le 16 ·TIIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESUCRIST, 91 consequently firm, collected, gentlo; his calmness and firmness act healthily on the patient; and lowover great may liave been the excitement of tl:o mesmeris stato, tlo patient 19 sure to awake out of lu19 Blumbers refreshed and strengthened, with the mind beautifully composed, and the whole system inovated to an ox. traordinary degree It is licro not unadvisablo to give a caution, by tho way If the slecper cannot be awakened by tho usual mctlious, and tho uncasiness of tho mesincrizer las ncted with an uupleasant or exciting effect, to send fur a medical man, who disbelieves in the science, and would treat it as a common normal state, might be ful lowed by the most serius consequences. I cannot unpress my readers too strongly with tho necessity of Learing this caution n mind Calmness and patienco would brlog all round Another point on which inexperienco may bo tlirowa off its guard, and though which very formidablo ro sults might also, is the danger of an imperfect partia wahing With some patients it 19 not always easy to diseingiusli at first the half stato from full and restored consciousness the palient secins permanently Awakonced, and says he is 50, and the unpracticeul operator would lie apt to leave lum This is a condition of re danger thio patient has no moro self control or man agement of lus actions than a chill or idiot, and yet for a time will converse most sensibly, and recognizo overy person present i baro seen this distinctly in twojatients. It happened to mo ono timo with Annie Vials, whice. I could not manage thoroughly to awaken: sbo mid sho was awako; and she walked about the room acd cat and called as usual I ras on tho point of learing her, long persuadel that slo tras awake, when the sound of something reuliar ia lier ro'ce caught tny car; I moomised it tole the tone of the sleeping not the making stata (for the tones are oftea diter be the patient might commit some actio, serious biu consequences, not only to himself but to otte, :

·92 THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESYERIST. NATURAL CLAIRVOYANCE. As many persons view with incredulity all claims of clairvoyance, we would remind them that somnam. balists cxlubit clairvoyant posycrs, and that there is no more unreasonableness in claiming that those powers may be exhibited in the mesmeric sleep Writers of 2 "The overthrow of the regular functions of the nervous system was occasioned by the almost sudden death of her father, to whom she was most fondly attached, who was seized with illness during hor absence from bim, and died a few hours after sho returned to ber bome I cannot enter into any longer details of the case, which has been attended with all choso varieties which have long cliaracterizeul chio complaint, among medical men, as the Protean dis orúer Tho extraordinary powers communicated to the other senscs by the temporary suspension of one or firo of them, aro beyond credibility to all thoso who do not witness it; And I really seldom enter into any of the details, becauso it would be but reasonable that thoso wlio bavo not seen should doubt the reality of them. All colors slie con distinguish with tho greatest correctness by niglit or day, whether pro septed to her on cloil, silk, muslin, war, or cien glass and this, I may safely 515, as casily on any part of the Lodiy as mrithi the landa, although, of course' , iho onlinary routino of such an exhibition of power takes placo with the lands, the other being that of more curiosity. ller delicacy of mind and high tono of religious feeling are such, that shio bas the greatest objection to tazke that which elin reganls in the light of o herrg amiction from Gori, & matter of thor or curi: osity tn others, althougl to our clues, of cours', all thru unusual ostravagances of nervous sensibility are mantfest for at least twelve out of ercry twenty four hors Sho csa bot only read with the greatest rapidity any ·THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MŁSZERIST. 93 writing or print that is legiblo to us, music, &c, with tho mero passage of lier fingers over it, whether in a dark or light room (for her sight is for the most part suspended when under the influence of the attack or paroxysm, although she is perfectly sensible, nay, moro acute and clever than in her natural state), but, within this month past, she has been able to collect the contents of any printing or MS by merely laying her land on the page, without tracing tho lines or letters, and I saw her, last night only, declaro the contents of a noto just brought into the room, in this way (wlien I could not decipher it myself without a candic) and with a rapidity with which I could not have icad it by daylight I lavo scen her develop hand waiting by the application of a note to the back of lur hand, neck, or foot; and sho can do it at any tunc There is nothing unnatural in this, for, or course, the nervous susceptibility extends all over the eurlacu of the body, but use and habit cause us to limit its power toro to the lingers Many, cren medical, men tako upon themselves to declare that we are all (her medical attendants as well) under a mere delu Wensh nono to believe anything if they rrcler not to do so, and only reply :- The case is equally inirvulous either way, either that this our por patient should be thus amicted, or that eighteen or Merren persons of my family and friends, in the daily habit of seeing her, shoukl fancy slie is, for every twelve lours out of twenty four, doing, at intervals, that which she is not doing There are many exli bitions of extravagant powers which slio jusses, that we talk of to no one; for, fioding it difficult to acquiro cruit for losser things, we do not renturu un the Greater. Her pour cerises the moment te anach fitsee n. A considerable swelling his at times len viable at the back of the headl, which has yielded to the treatment "It is certainly a case which would le an instructiro one in the consideration of the passiology of the hunan frame; but she war things I 13 mos: a rers in experimcats being purposely trade oa ler: viis lor 810) ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL MESMERIST. NATURAL CLAIRVOYANCE. As many persons view with incredulity all claims of clairvoyance, we would remind them that somnam. bulists oxhibit clairvoyant poters, and that thero is no moro unreasonableness in claiming that thoso powers may be exhibited in the mesmeric sleep TVriters of lugh reputo vonch for the facts related of natural som --3-1--1- in ronervous "The overthrow of the regular functions of thio nervous system was occasioned by the almost sudden death of her father, to whom she was most fondly attachcu, who was seized with illness during her absence from Inm, and died a few hours after sho returned to her homo I cannot entor into any longer details of the case, which has been attended with all those vaneties which have long characterized to complaint, among incdical inen, as the Protcan dis order The extraordinary porers communicated to the other senses by the temporary suspension of one or {wo of them, aro beyond credibility to all those wlio do not witness it; and I really seldom cnter into any of the details, becauso it would be bnt reasonable that those who lave not seen should doubt tho reality of them. All colors slie con distinguish with tho greatest correctness by night or day, wielhor presented to her on cloth, silk, muslin, tax, or cien glage--and this, I mis safely say, as casily on any part of the body as with the bande, although, of course, the onlinary routine of such an exhibition of power takes place with the lands, the other being that of mnere curiosity: lice delicacy of mind and high tono of religious feeling aro such that sho las the greatest objection to make that which alle regants in the light ol A hervy aMiction from (ol, & matter ol klost or curi. osily In others, although to ourselves, of course, all the unusual extramaraon of nervous sensibility are manj. frat for at least twelve out of overy twenty four hours · Sho can poi only read with the greatest rapidity any ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL BESMERIST, 93 writing or print that is legible to us, music, &c, with tho mere passage of her fingers over it, whether in dark or light room (for her sight is for the most part suspended when under the influence of the attack or paroxysm, although she is perfectly sensible, nay, moro acute and clever than in her natural state), but, within this month past, sho has been able to collect the contents of any printing or MS by merely laying her hand on tlic page, without tracing the lines or letters, and I saw ler, last night only, declaro the contents of a note just brought into the room, in this way (when I could not decipher it myself without a candle), and with a rapidity with which I could not bavo lead it by daylight I have scen lier develop land writing by the application of a noto to the back of her hand, neck, or foot; and sho can do it at any tinic There is nothing unnatural in this, for, of course, the nervous susceptibility extends all over the Euslace of the body, but use and labit cause us to limit its power more to tlo Gingers Many, even incdical, men taho upon themselves to declare that re are all (her Inedical attendants as well) under a merc delu Wo ask none to believo anytłung if thoy prefor aut to do so, and only reply - The case is equally marvelous either way, either that this our por patient should be thus afflicted, or that eighteen or nineteen persons of my family and friends, in tho daily habit of scuing her, shond fancy sho is, for every. twelve lours ont of twenty four, doing, at intervals, that wluch sho is not doing. There are many exhu. fubitions of extravagant powers which sho juossesses, that we talk of to no one; for, finding it dificult to acquiro credit for lesser things, we do not venturu on the gnuter. ller et ceases the moment the attuce passes of considerable swelling has at times been visible at the back of the head, thich has yielded to the treatment. "It is certainly a case which would be an instructivo one in the consideration of the physiology of the luman framo; but she, pour thin si is most Arerse to experiments being rurfusely made on ler: but in her 61011 ·TIE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL YESYERIST. ovory-day lifo among us, we have no lack of prool for all we believe and know. “Between the attacks she is as perfectly in a natsral state as ever she was in all her life. There is but one parador in her state, and that is, that she can at such times hear some sounds, and not others, though very much louder--and see some things and not others, though placed before her. Sho could hear a tuno whistled, when she would not hear a gun fired close to Her."

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