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WITNESSED HYPNOTISM.Doctors, Lawyers, Reporters and Business Men Entertained by Victor, the Hypnotist.Tuesday afternoon an invitation was extended to a limited number of professional and business men to meet R. S. Victor, the young hypnotist, at hiB room in one of the hotels. Among those who took advantage ol the opportunity to witness an exhibition of the mysterious phenomena as presented by Mr. Victor, were: Drs.D. Yingling, A. H. Shaffer, D. S. and Emery H. Leyman, B. H. B. and C.E. Grayston, Geo. Bare, H. W. Cory, N. Sessions, T. H. Hague and A, H. Wagner; Attorneys J. B. Kenner, J. Q. Cline and J. M. Sayler; MessrB. J. G. Price, A. J. Rosebrough, H. E. Rosebrough, Jacob Dick, Lewis Bush, Charles Wmtrode, S. H. Lipinsky, Robert Sessions, R. J. Day, of the Democrat, and the city editor of the Herald.To say each and every one was not deeply interested and peculiarly entertained would not be stating facts, for the physiological wonders which were performed by the operator and his subject were not only remarkable but actually astounding.To the little partyMr. Victor prefaced his experiments with a short address upon the science of hypnotism. He said there is little wonder that many look upon the phenomena as something supernatural, and to such it furnishes a basis for much superstition and fear. Like other sincere advocates of the comparatively new science which is probably only in its infancy, he assured his visitors that he employs no supernatural agency, no animal magnetism, electro-biological effects, odylic influences, etc., as are pretended by some operators. While he does not say magnetism is not an element in the “imponderable” mysticism, he says he is unable to con-himnnlf that it has anythingwould be returned to consciousness but was perfectly ignorant of what had taken place. Another phenomena consisted in the production of rigidity of the muscles as in catalepsy. The patient was as stiff as a plank and when suspended between the backs of chairs with only his heels and his neck resting on the support, the operator could stand on the body without causing a joint or muscle to giye a particle. These conditions could be induced and a9 readily removed by a few passes of the hand over the body and limbs of the patient. After restoring the subject, Mr. Victor said he would leave the room go down stairs and within two minutes the patient would drop into a slumber from which no one in the room could awaken him. The test bore him out in the statement and the physicians could find no means of awakening the sleeper. Experiments were also made showing how the pulse could be increased and diminished. The patient’s pulse wasaccelerated from 84 to 100, then reduced to 60 and lastly returned to normal.Verdict an Acquittal.The case filed against Henry Silvers by J ohn Rice, for alleged cruelty to animals, his offense having been the placing of strychnine upon the the carcasses of sheep killed by dogs, was heard before Scott Cole and a jury Wednesday afternoon. The suit was a peculiar one in its nature and elicited considerable interest among the farmers more especially. The jury’s verdict was an acquittal. Several other cases charging the same offense were filed before William John but have not been tried as yet.In the case against Wm. G. Hosier for malicious trespass, the decision was also an acquittal.instructions in Hypnotism.During his stay in the city Prof. Victor will give instructions in hypnotism, either privately or in classes. He has had many successful pupils
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Huntington Herald
Huntington, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 01, 1892
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