Show S PHYSIOLOGY ANtI 1EVtIIENE V Experiment Upon tIe Carious and Inter stlng riienomcna Hypnotism Hypnotism that obscure subject which even the light of modern science fails to make quite clear possesses a curious interest for nearly all minds Among scientists who have lately concerned themselves with tho strango power is tho Berlin Medical society before which Dr Feldmann a French physician phy-sician introduced by Professor Virchow mado a nnmber of experiments among them the following A young man offered himself as a medium or subject of experiment and after a few seconds of the usual manipulations manipula-tions on the part of Dr Feldmann ho succumbed suc-cumbed to a deep magnetic sleep becoming I entirely apathetic and motionless In this Etato of suggestion as it is termed I Dr Feldmann showed tho influence of various medicaments on the medium medi-um who took quinine for sugar smacking smack-ing his lips with enjoyment and ho believed ammonia to be perfume and onelt at it for some time Immediately afterwards following follow-ing the will of tho doctor he showed the usual signs ofabhorrence of those bitter and caustic substances With the same success he ate a lemon for an applet A pioce of camphor held on his forehead had a singular effect The medium bent his body far backwards and had to bo hold in his chair A magnet caused a dreamy state during which the medium related re-lated his impressions as to events in the street in which he believed himself to be Then thom tho-m dinm obeyed thq will of the doctor in various vari-ous ways shoveling snow skatiag falling and rising again with one jump at Shodoctors suggestion and finally took a cketbook by force cdt ot Professor Virchmyippckets He was then ordered by Dr Feldmann to reseat himself and soon woke out ot tho hypnotic sleep remembering nothing of what had happened Tainting in Its Common Form Only a small proportion of persons ever faint under any circumstances But a few faint afthe slightest cause fear joy grief unpleasant sights noisome smells heated and impure air suddau accident or some irritation of the stomach or other internal organs Tho I exciting cause varies in differentpcrsons and each should guard himself at his own point of exposure In any case of aintnes every obstaclo to the freest action of the heart and lungs should be removed by tho loosening qf the clothing But the first c thing is to get the patient into a recumbent posture flat on the jack Wo know of one person subject to I fainting who had learned always at the first monition to take this posture of her own accord ac-cord and it spefedily terminated the attack It tho person is in a crowded assembly she should at onco be taken into fresh air but under no circumstances should anything be placed under her head Tho more common I com-mon form of fainting does not necessarily tend to shorten life Bandazlnz the Eye Tho custom prevalent amongphysicians as well as the laity of tightly bandaging or ying up the eyo as soon as it b comes inflamed lamed or sore is pronounced by Herald of Health a bad one The result upon the eye iso is-o preclude tho free access and beneficial effects ef-fects of fresh cool air and at tho same time to prevent or greatly retard the free egress of the hot tears and morbid secretions of the inflamed I in-flamed conjunctiva or cornea or both In those cases too whero a foreign substance has got into the eye the bandage which is usually clapped on tho first thing presses the lids moro closely against the ball and thus increases in-creases the pain and discomfort by augmenting augment-ing the lacerations caused by the foreign body This cannot fail to be harmful In those cases where the light is painful adjust over the organ a neatly fitting shade which while it excludes the light allows the free access of air |