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Show H HVPNOTISM QA.VE RELIEF.'" H a Frolrec4 Cat of jlfrcoaKhtng Cured H i tfy Mnani ftf Mesmerllni B I An old man with a remarkable nil- H rural liobblcd Into tlio cltjr 1I4 ensar) mid sank exhausted Into tlio examining B t)nlr Ho waaacolornd man, ardwrcnt B Ij Bltr ear of nifi', nn 1 was lilcioii(,!i H i liij? ioltutlr. Uut hit spasms woro very aH ' went, sometimes bclnu; noiseless anil Sonly noticeable by tlio horrlblo conlor-Hon conlor-Hon of Ma f entufva, ns though they ga o bm lilin excmclitlntz pain liy tho nlil of H 1 signs nnd n fw illajolntcit w onls tho i 1 1 H man Mil Dr ritipstrlek Hint lie liml H j ln hiccoughing slnco Saturday nlitht H ; ut 11 o'clock, or about Ihlrt) lx hours H, Ills naiuo was Jake I'lltnian, nnl hi H I lived nt 8 I.orth LdVCP, lili i-Tiiwlluii H being that of n roiutnlwut on tlio wharf m , boata. H 1 Vhll ho was tailing off his clothes ho Hf suddenly la Ran to lilccotiidi, and do i whit ho might ho eou 1 not atop Ho Hj tried all tho known houiohol 1 remedies, K such as drinking nluaawultoiraof wn- K, ttr without thinking of a rod feu's till," B choning up two green onions "without B letting tho Jnko touch tho loft molar' Hf and nllowlng his wife to lira n big Jstol Hz beside till i ir to ' scare thi.ni own) ." Y They were nil f ruitleaa efforts, nnd l'ltl Hf man continued to hiccough with anj- H thing but agreeable regularity. All tho Hd mlghltora on tho 1 lock cnuo in nnd pro B scribed with llko remit. AllBiturliy H lilght ho hiccoughed, nil Hunday nnd all H Sunday night liy Momlaj morning ho K wiuadenl morodenl thinnlhe. Vihen B ho dragged bluuelf Into tlio dlipensary BSi bo was scarcely ablo to w ulk BV ; Tor some llllio Dr. I lti atrkk w orient BV 1 1 upon tho unfortutinto man, using n limn- Bb j ber of remedies that rouilsnl well, but BV v bettered nothing Then ho had Pittman Ba jurttally atrip himself, mid w 1th tho nl 1 BV& of nn nsslstant liouud it bandao around Hn tho latienta cheat ao lightly that ho B Jj krwintJ from tho pressure. This waa B K to loosen tho daiphragm, tho uparatui BV &' illrtctly nffecto l, ami aeetned to j rodnco B P aoiuo effect, for thu hiccough spisini Ball, vrorolcssiiolrnt. Uut hey wcrubyni Bi, means atnj prd Ertn with tho ban lago BV jt, liouud round so tightly that it aeemc 1 to Bt sink into tho llcsli tho curious disturb- Bj J auco kept up otery half mlnuto B i Dr. 1 llzpatrlck lliiu dechleil to try Ba, hypnotism. He uiadosoreral lenses ba Ba furo llltman'a eyes with his hands uu Ba found tho old man n r a ly patient Ho BB follow ed thu physlclan'aejoa with jialu. B , ' ful Intentnesa nnd seemed to completely Bf i loso tho ower of olltlon nnd motion. Bl 1! When he saw tho hlccougher w aa under Bji tho ' lnfluenco ' l)r Fllzvitrlck sudden- B t ly commanded him to closo his ejea B i 'And sleep," atlll keeping up tho passes, B ' I nnd aa tho obedient eyes dropped their I lids and tho patient a head sunk to his chest tho operator cxilaitncd, M hen joii open jour tyesjoii will stop hlo coughing," lu n few minutes, wltlin fow light tnpa on tho ears nnd slops on tho faro, Pittman waa roused from tho J bypuotio sleep, nnd atrungo as It may ' aeem bla unnatural coughing atojiped us quick. To say that ho waa orcrjoyed la ' naming l'lttmnn'a condition very mild. ly. Ho beamed all over, grabbed tho physician's band nnd pum;ied It for llo i minutes nnd ski) ped from end to en 1 of tho room llko a schoolboy. Dr. 1 llzpatrlck llz-patrlck had i'ltt man stay nt tho dispell, saryfor overnnhoir to see If tliolilc-coughing tliolilc-coughing wonld return, but It did not kgaln materialize. Pittman It ft tlio oil t city hall tho happiest man In St Louts ,! .' 8t Louis Qlobo Democrat. |
