Show hypnotism new york herald some seven hundred medical dents assembled in the lecture hall of the university medical college oo 00 thursday afternoon and listened to a lecture on hypnotism by dr william S II ammond mesmerism has been in the hands of quacks and said dr IIa nimond for u long time there was an hut animal to do with it but that was one of the ile idaa that had crept in through ignorance I dont claim anything for mesmerism I am simply testing it lite many others I think about two men in eight would prove good subjects and about four women in the same number ita influence is not confined to men and women animals are liable to it and make good subjects I operated not long ago on a lot of crabs in fulton afar ket frogs ra capital subjects you can tako a frog and put him under thi influence and turn him on his back now of all the things in the world a frog dislikes it is being laid on liis back well when a frog is in this condition you might take pie scissors cut him open and be will how no sign of the operation dr hammond then with a hen putting her under the influence by holding her head torn few seconds so that her eye rested on a piece of gla and the hen rolled over and was insensible Aft ersome further explanations dr II ammond introduced subject lie brought forward mr and sat him it a chair fronting the audience lie then hold before the gen eyes a small glass ball and after blittle delay the subject seemed to be completely abor bd in the contemplation ot it turning again to the students dr hammond said you see I began in the way serpents charm birds the serpents fasten their steely eyes on those of the birds and fascinate the poor things until they fall and eay prey now you will see in a minute how this young man will follow the ball wherever it goes and so he did which ever way DrU ammond amov ad ahe ball the young man vent v ent after it nothing stopped him chairs tables doctors stood in hia way but he stumbled over them or by them and kept on after the ball with his eyes riveted on it as if his very life depended on his getting as near it as possible suddenly dr II ammond hid it and told him it was gone he stopped dazed and looked as if he had lost something very precious while he was in this slate he wa handed a bottlo of soda water and told it was a young lady ue took the bottle in his arms and immediately beban to make lore to it lie caressed it say ing tenderly wiil you have me do I love you dearly oh do have me As he wa ked up and down dr II ammond took a lance and stuck tho blade into the flesh of the young mans hand telling him it was a bouquet and the young man admired the imaginary flowers showing no symptoms of pain suddenly he was told the bottle was an old woman 75 years of age and he quickly dropped it exclaiming I dont want to bare anything ta do with her ue ate lemon for strawberry and asked for more stripped off his coat and made a dash for a man he was told had called him a liar waltzed sang cried smelt water and said it was ful cologne and proved himself an utterly pliant subject the next subject was mr david wright who accepted ft book for a bird and sang sweet by and by to told it bad escaped through the hall he made a rush for it among the students as if they had not been present he made frantic effort to climb a pillar and was furiously pursuing the bird when called back he preached as an orthodox clergyman then as a colored minister changing his accent and hia manner a quickly as the order was given to him and did a number of other things much to the amusement and astonishment of the audience the next subject s mr wilson acted macbeth reading the vision scene with bood effect preached told funny stories said he was colonel sob ingersoll repeating parts of that gent lemans lecture god drunk on water rolled in agony when told he was sick at the stomach and created much merriment as a clown in circus mr the last gentleman stripped off all bis clothes with infested with rate he delivered a lecture on electricity when told he was benjamin franklin he stripped to ficht at an i nag inary insult cnair fora hore with the lama and he ho would a lire became an organ grinder a ballet dancer a violinist and numerous other characters dr hammood touched his nose with a cork and ha roared with pip the next instant he danced with delight at befog aured that it was onaga ln and in good condition dr told that his clothes were on fire and he pulled them off rushing almost nude to the opposite tide of the amphitheatre dr frequently put his fingers on the left temple of the dif ferent and instantly arrested their power of speech then he would touch right temple and the jub eject returned his discourse at the close of the experiments dr ham mond started two of the go ing at the same time and the remit wai molt the lecture wai a most intermitting find entertaining one and occupied tyro blurb in the |