ing from the frightful malady with which she was threatened, as if by magic. No other means have been used than to put her daily into a mesmeric sleep. She says, she is not only improving physically, but mentally. How it is, or why it is, we do not pretend to discover." Columbus (Miss.) Democrat, Feb. 4, 1843.

January 31st. Performed a number of experiments on my patient to-day. Put her to sleep from various distances, first from the fire-place, next from the back room, then from a house forty yards distant, and finally from my office, distant more than two hundred yards. After being put to sleep from the distances mentioned, I found her as thoroughly mesmerized as when in contact. I found that she would obey my mental commands as promptly as when pronounced aloud. She executed several mental commands with promptness and precision. She caught more additional cold last night, and I, in consequence, concluded to give her some of Coxe's Hive Syrup.

February 1st. My patient to-day, when put to sleep, executed various mental commands with perfect precision. In some she failed, but this was owing to some mental disturbance on my part at the time. Put her to sleep from the fire, then from the distance of forty yards, as the day before, then again from my office. I performed a few experiments, when in the house, forty yards distant; I first willed her to turn on her back in bed, which she did. I then took pepper in my mouth, when immediately, as I understood from persons in the room, she commenced moving her mouth, as though she was chewing something. When she was put to sleep from my office, (distant more than one hundred yards,) my object was not known to her. I requested her to remain in bed, under the pretext that it would be beneficial to her cold, but she disobeyed my orders, got up, and entered freely into conversation with the persons around the fire. Notwithstanding all this, my effort was completely successful. She fell asleep in the midst of conversation, and was put to bed by a gentleman present. My mind, in the effort to put her to sleep, was fixed upon her, as I supposed she lay in bed; her being by the fire seems to have made not the slightest difference. I was soon informed that she was asleep, and, when I arrived, I found her thoroughly mesmerized. Several experiments were performed, while she was in this state, without a solitary failure.

February 2d. After putting my patient to sleep from va

rious distances to-day, I succeeded at length from a room, distant a quarter of a mile. This was done too without letting her know my intention. On my arrival at her house I found her deeply mesmerized. Several interesting experiments were performed. Her eyes were closely shut, notwithstanding, however, she named readily the position of parties in the room, though they were constantly moving about in order to test her clairvoyance. I likewise held objects in my hand, which she readily named. The health of my patient being now so much improved, she concluded to visit a brother, living thirty miles distant. I have not, therefore, since, had an opportunity of performing any additional experiments on her. I performed a sufficient number to satisfy me, that the influence was highly salutary. Indeed, I feel fully convinced, from the effects produced, that mesmerism will constitute an important means in the cure of many diseases. But more of this in conclusion.

CASE IX.

January 17th, 1843.-Half past 8 P. M.-Mesmerised a young man, aged about 23, a merchant by occupation. Temperament, a compound of the sanguine, bilious, lymphatic. Been mesmerised two or three times before; healthy. Put him to sleep in 7 minutes, then thoroughly stiffened his arms and fingers by the downward passes. A number of highly interesting experiments were then performed. Sympathetic taste displayed to perfection. Motion, in obedience to my will, likewise succeeded. Many interesting experiments in clairvoyance were performed. He indicated the positions of different individuals in the room, when requested to do so, though they were constantly moving from place to place, in order to test his powers of vision. His watch was taken from him, and given to different individuals in succession. When asked to name the person that had it, he did so without a solitary failure. I now asked him to go with me to the house of a gentleman where he had never been, to which he readily gave his consent. When questioned, he stated that there were two parlors. I asked him, then, to go with me into the one in the northern part of the house. When in the parlor, I asked him how many persons were there? to which he answered, "Six." Question-"What else do you see in the room?" Answer-"A sofa, piano, chairs with black bottoms, side-board with bottles, &c. on it, p'ated candle-sticks, with two candles in one stick." His statements

were strictly correct respecting the furniture of the room, but I have not been able to ascertain, whether his statement respecting the number of persons was correct. I next took him to a house with which I was well acquainted, and where, I am satisfied, he never had been. When questioned, he described the furniture of the sitting-room with perfect accuracy, even to a portrait of myself that was hanging up against the wall. I next requested him to accompany me to a store in the place, the owner being present at the experiment. He stated that there were individuals in the back-room, a young man and a boy. This, the owner of the store stated, was correct, as he had left them but a few minutes before. He stated, further, that there was one window in the room, on the sill of which was a segar box, containing a comb, a hair and tooth brush. On one corner of the sill was something wrapped in a paper. This turned out afterwards, upon examination, to be a vial containing medicine. I now requested him to accompany me into the front room for the purpose of examining the money drawer. He stated, that there were different kinds of money in the drawer, among which was a ten dollar piece of gold. All these statements were strictly correct. He had been in the store of the gentleman, but he was entirely ignorant of the contents of his money drawer. This patient has been repeatedly operated upon since that time, and has proved to be greatly superior to ordinary patients; but as it would lengthen my article too much, to detail the different experiments, I will pass on to the last case which I shall mention.

CASE X.

January 27th, 1843.-9 o'clock, P. M.-Being at the house of a friend in town, I was requested to mesmerise a healthy, intelligent boy present, aged eleven years. Temperament sanguine. Succeeded in a few minutes in producing a profound mesmeric sleep, after which I stiffened his arms by the usual downward passes. I then took into my mouth several articles in succession, as tobacco, cheese, water, sugar, &c., all of which he seemed to taste, and named the particular article when requested to do so. I likewise held different articles at the back of his head, as a knife, pencil, &c., all of which he named correctly. I next requested him to accompany me to Jackson, (Miss.,) to which he readily consented. When there, I enquired respecting the health of the place, to which he replied, that the small pox was prevailing there,

that there were ten cases on hand, that some had died, &c. He assured me, when aroused, that he had not heard a word about the small pox in Jackson, and this I can readily believe, for, independently of the boy's known character for veracity, the fact was unknown except to a few individuals. I operated upon the same patient several times afterwards, but as the experiments did not vary materially from the one just detailed, it will be unnecessary to relate them. I will only further mention respecting this case, that I found it an easy matter to mesmerise any part even in the waking state, as, for instance, the eye-lids, fingers, or arms. I have frequently closed his eyes when awake, and requested him to open them, but this he could not do until they were relieved by myself. I have frequently, too, excited his phrenological organs, both in the waking state and when mesmerised. The method employed by me, is the one suggested by Dr. Buchanan; that is, by applying the fingers to the seats of the organs. I have partially mesmerised five or six other patients, but as the cases present no particular points of interest, it will be unnecessary to detail them.

The following conclusions may be set down as established truths in the science:-1st. That a peculiar sleep is produced by means of an influence exerted by one human being over another. 2nd. That during this sleep. when perfect, there is an entire absence of ordinary sensibility. Thus, the eyes may be exposed to the most intense light, the membrane of the nose to the most intense odors, the most pungent and acrimonious articles may be applied to the palate, the most deafening sounds may be produced within the least possible distance from the ears, and the skin and flesh may be irritated and injured, without producing the slightest degree of sensibility, or any motion indicating the existence of pain.

3rd. That a peculiar relation, or sympathy, is established, during this sleep, between the operator and the patient. This relation is shown in a sympathy of taste, of smell, of sight, of feeling, of motion, and of mind. The sympathy established between the mind of the operator, and that of the patient, accounts very satisfactorily for the motions of the latter, in obedience to the will of the former. The patient understands the will, or wishes of the operator, as distinctly, and he executes them as promptly, as when conveyed in words audibly pronounced. This mental sympathy, likewise, accounts for one species of clairvoyance; that is, when

the patient sees objects, and understands events, upon which the mind of the operator is at the time fixed.

4th. That, during the mesmeric sleep, an attraction, and a repulsion, is established between the operator and the subject, similar to, or identical with, magnetic attraction and repulsion. Mr. Townsend, and others, mention many facts of the kind, and several such occurred in my own experiments. Thus, in every instance in which the experiment was tried, there was found to exist an attraction between the outside of my hand, and the outside of the hand of the patient, and between the inside of mine, and the inside of the patient's, and so with the rest of the body. When the reverse parts were brought together, there was found to exist a repulsive influence. The idea, then, long since advanced, that the body has its poles like the magnet, is fully and clearly demonstrated.

5th. That, during the mesmeric sleep, the patient is partially isolated, or, in a state in which no individual except the operator, can exert any, but a very partial influence. I say "partial," because I have reason to think, from the experiments performed, that others do exercise some influence over the subject. It is difficult to determine the extent of this influence, but that it exists, is very manifest from the result of the experiments detailed, as well as those detailed by others.

With regard to the highest state of clairvoyance, that in which the mind of the patient perceives distant objects and events, not at the time known to the operator, or some person present who may exert an influence-I am not fully prepared to decide. My impressions at present, are rather against the existence of any such capacity. The patient may, and does, perceive objects and events not at the time known to the operator, as is clearly proven by some of the experiments detailed, but in every instance in which this was the case, there was some individual present deeply interested in the experiment, who had a knowledge of the objects and events, or at least, could form a reasonable conjecture as to their existence. The answer of the patient to the questions propounded, may have been influenced by this individual, as was probably the case with some of the experiments detailed. At least, we should be cautious in drawing conclusions in a matter of so much interest and importance; and we may add, so far beyond our present power of explanation.

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