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Show SOME IDEAS ON HYPNOTISM Results Achieved by Touching the Eumps on the Hc;d of a Prepared Pre-pared Subject. "There is one curious phenomenon in hypnotism which I have never been able to explain satisfactorily and which seems to be ignored by the modern hypnotist." says a writer in the Metropolitan. "It was first studied by Braid. It is called phreno-magnet-Ism and lias been advanced by phrenologists phre-nologists in proof of the correctness of their localization of the mental faculties fac-ulties on the head. "As far as I know it has never received re-ceived serious consideration from scientists, sci-entists, perhaps because based on two theories that modern science has not yet accepted: first, that there is such a thing as animal magnetism and, secondly, that the phrenologists have correctly located the faculties on the human head. "However this may be, phreno-mag-netism is a phenomenon which can be tested readily by anyone interested. The technique of phreno-magnetism is this: When the subject is in the hypnotic hyp-notic sleep the operator, standing behind be-hind him, places the tips of his fingers upon the subject's head and waits. Soon the subject will begin to act or sing or speak. Anyone acquainted with the phrenological system of localization lo-calization will recognize at once that the actions or words of the subject correspond to the organ on the head which has been touched by the operator. opera-tor. "Thus if you touch combatlveness the subject is very apt to square off and strike some one or speak of war or a drum. If you touch veneration he Is very apt to lift his eyes and pray. I have heard a very eloquent sermon thus inspired in a subject who was gifted with a readv tongue. "Touch the organ of color and he will speak of beautiful colors. Touch tune and he will sing or whistle. Touch caution and his face will express ex-press vivid fear. I remember that one subject startled me by shouting 'Look out!' and making a leap that he could scarcely have equaled in his waking state. When I touched the faculty fac-ulty of caution he thought he saw a snake." |