Hypnotic therapeutics : illustrated by cases : with an appendix on table-moving and spirit-rapping / by James Braid.

  • Braid, James, 1795?-1860.
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[1853]
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    follow. If l wish any predoniinant lidea, oiy^miy physicEili ,^^^^^ which haaobeen, induced^)it© i fee, carai^d- strongly ^ i^itOrvA^oW^liiijig condition, I arouse the patient abruptly, by a clap of my hands, ne^r .to his. ear, when he is in the full height , of the desirejd conditi^flj but if itranquillising is the object in view, theii -he:,had bettetr aroused slowly and isoftiy, such as by gently wafting tlieiface of,,the patient with the hand, or with a fan, or an open handkei'chief; ,.or by placing the balls of the .thumbs g^^itly on the eyes of tbe pati^rili, vv lon his eyebrowsjt and- then; carrying them > ila-terally ,a feiw. tiuii^s i§p as to produce gentle friction^ to wliich may be added gentle. fanniii}ig when required. If the patient, is in the sub or half-waking condition, favourable for maaiifesting the vigilaiit phenom.enaj,,cir,!;''. ^S-leatiro Biological phenomena, as they have so absvu-dly been calledi,]a.r<§jvv suggestion, by a word spoken, or a visible movement of anyiaojjt being made, calcnlated to break the; previous abstracition,,wh4.ch!hfl,d been excited temporainlylbyiau&raiieEisuggestion, will sufpei^r.tq set -the captive free.,.; ^u:-.>l. >loi! // .-•\-)\nryi .n bitr; ,i-jui<:in--, ^iil.t -oju It had long been knowhiithat keeping:)the!^tt«ffiti^]|i(; ^^^^ Jtlihd steadily directed^ to any part , of the body was, apt to )prod[v<Q^ yft^ous anomalous feelings in theiUiiud of tiie subject so, engaged,,,es.peci^U^ if such individual was expecting somQthiiig tO; happen>; ;iitlitiherti9, however, these phenomena had. hadireferenQeip-inqipal\yi toi C50i)|Bifai sensation, and iweiia considered to be th*? effficti^ iQf.la F/iyM kna^lft^- tion, and. that the results were of an illusory natui:e,-,ratheri, (thfin being accompanied with positive physical, ehang^^ ji^ru^yJitAMd long been known that soiile remarkabktphysical e]ia|iges ftndr^Jiire occurred, occasionally, from causes of greatsim^ntaLexeitemQnt ^v^ijd that some individuals, moreovefiY tjipngh jp'qipionc.ejrted pl(>ti%, (bad- been fnghtened into ser-ious ilhi>esSj,iioriieye(nj!t<}>i ^^athjulj-hj^ough^py^n- .'taL iimpressions excited ..by rthej^stpmatic isuggestioft iffi£[^tlijQt§-4.^fiIt was also known that excessive joy or sorrow had 'Sometimes elfeciied astoxushing cures, and ui other case-s ;hadiinduC(i}d disQasei ordcl^tJi mthrithei vapidity• Off th© lightniiig's (flash.) - > Ottier,6inQtionaJ-.,effo,<at8, and the power of sympathy and; imitation, ;W(fire also j pretfcy-iwejl known, and generally acknowledged, . i Xihus far^ihJOlwewr,;^}^iths l^^'lie exception of Dr Holland's infcerestingiirenpiarksi o,n th« inftiWncei.^f attention on the bodily organs!,;,^^ Medical, j!jJotes and •ReflectioHa/fi.ta work which I had not the benefit,of .seeing until after completing any experiments '^'On the Power of the Jk[Iind, there geemedi to hatVQjbeen no' notion .entcrtaine(^ ithat definiteKjanci ^spegfeb iphysilcaL .qhqngQs coidd be excited, and regulated, and;(iontroUed at Avill, by tJAe'Vbdiln- tary mental efforts of a heaUhy ;indi.vidual directed itQwajrds^/^jiisiiOW^ bodi/>, oof involuntarily, aCcordin.K-to tlieiSuggestionSiofi anotj>or.)|i)Br- son, by words spoken, or by sensible signsoi* pliysic^ilimpressibms majde by him, such as bypasses or to.uchfes, a& is, now fully admitted by all physiologists who have carefully and candidly .investigated ithis curious and important branch of inquitry:., n , ,t jimo I .1«nm -loK In 1844 I .pertbrmpd■ some oKperimQiiti^itond)sttemi(i)erjjjh'eiipifo-