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,introduction4      ,this little work   
has been written in a hurry amid the    
worry and  pressure of professional     
duties4 ,it has also been ruthlessly cut
 down  to compress it within the space  
allotted by the publisher4 ,neither     
profundity of matter1 nor perfection of 
style is aimed at4 ,it is  written in   
every-day language1 and may limp a      

little here and there4  ,for none of    
these faults do ,i offer an apology to  
my readers4 ,i ask  them to take it as  
it is--as something more than a mere    
introduction to  a most interesting and 
important subject4          ,how to     
,mesmerize4      ,it is generally       
believed that only weak-minded1 soft1   
and hysterical  persons can be          
successfully mesmerized--that persons of
 robust health1  will1 and character    
cannot be so affected4 ,there never was 
a greater  mistake4 ,reichenbach for    
many years selected his sensitives from 
delicate and hysterical persons while   
pursuing investigations into  odylic    
force4 ,he1 however1 soon discovered his
 error1 and found that  healthy men and 
women made the best sensitives for his  
investigation4  ,dr4 ,braid fell into   
the same error4          ,more ,about   
,hypnotism4      ,charcot and others1   
including the whole range of recent     
hypnotists1  have revived this error4   
,the experience of all mesmerists--past 

and  present--worthy of the name is     
this3 the healthier and finer the       
organization1 the more perfect and      
exalted the manifestations4    ,there   
are relative conditions of superiority  
and inferiority in  mesmerists and      
sensitives only4 ,i have mesmerized men 
who were my  superiors in every         
way--health1 strength of body and       
mind--the only  conditions of difference
 consisting of this important fact1 that
 for  the time being they approached the
 subject of ,mesmerism with open        
minds--a desire to get at truth--and sat
 down with a non-resistant  attitude of 
mind1 perfectly willing to be           
mesmerized1 and to record  their own    
symptoms in connection therewith1 if    
possible4 ,in the  majority of cases the
 seventh or eighth sitting suffices to  
overcome  all difficulties1 and induce  
sleep in the most healthy and vigorous4 
,there have1 however1 been exceptions to
 this4 ,don't waste time with a  man who
 makes a bet through pride1 vanity1 or  

ignorance1 that he can't  be mesmerized4
 ,don't waste health and energy trying  
to influence him  just then4 ,his manner
 and words indicate that he will arouse 
all his  faculties to resist you1       
presenting thereby positive and         
antagonistic  mental conditions for you 
to overcome4 ,men have done this4 ,if   
you  really want to mesmerize them the  
best plan is to throw them off their    
guard as to your intentions4 ,but as    
soon as their opposition is cooled  down
 a little1 proceed gently and steadily  
to impress them  with what ,mesmerism   
has done and can do4 ,thus gradually and
 surely  psychologize them1 leading up  
to and preparing them for the final     
coup4 ,in the end it may not be so      
difficult to mesmerize them as they  at 
first imagined4 ,the persistent man of  
business1 the advocate of  certain      
views--temperance1 anti-slavery1 or what
 not--the man with 8a  mission10 the    
doctor of medicine1 preacher1 and lover1
 all adopt this  method more or less    

unconsciously1 because naturally2 the   
mesmerist1  detecting the law1 applies  
it consciously--that is all4    ,in     
natural sleep the heart beats slower1   
the pulses are calmer1 there  is less   
blood in the brain than in the waking   
state4 ,by mesmeric  processes you      
endeavor to bring about a similar       
physiological  condition--every magnetic
 pass determining the result by         
retarding the  flow of arterial blood to
 the brain4 ,also in natural sleep the  
eyes  are turned upward and inward4 ,a  
brief explanation of the muscles of  the
 eye1 and how they influence its        
movements1 will be interesting4  ,there 
are two sets of muscles4 ,the superior1 
or oblique muscles1 are  involuntary in 
their action1 and therefore are not     
subject to the  action of the will4 ,the
 inferior or straight muscles 7of which 
there  are four71 are attached at       
cardinal points to the eyeball1 and by  
their combined action the eyes are moved
 in every direction required  for       

vision4 ,the latter muscles are         
voluntary--that is1 subject to  the will
 of the individual4 ,now1 when the eyes 
are withdrawn from  the operations of   
the will1 they are controlled           
involuntarily by the  oblique muscles1  
and turned upward and inward4 ,for      
instance1 in intense  joy1 in devotion1 
pain1 sorrow1 exhaustion1 or bodily     
weakness1 the  eyes are turned up4 ,this
 arises from the fact that the straight 
muscles  resign their action1 and the   
oblique muscles operate in their stead1 
and the eye is rolled upward under the  
eyelid4 ,in acknowledging the  presence 
of a superior1 and in the act of bowing1
 the eyes are 8lifted  up40 ,see a girl 
in happy thought pondering on the       
future1 a patient  suffering from       
extreme pain1 the devotee at worship--be
 he idolater  or ,christian1 or the     
wearied one waiting for transition to   
other and  happier scenes on high--the  
same characteristic is observed4 ,thus  
in  sleep1 in fainting1 or in           

approaching death1 the phenomenon is    
observed  in all4 ,the voluntary muscles
 resign their action1 insensibility     
prevails1 and retina loses expression1  
and the pupil is turned up as           
described4 ,whatever contributes to this
 result1 contributes to sleep4  ,the    
mesmeric operator avails himself of this
 and the foregoing in his  endeavors to 
induce artificial sleep4    ,hypnotists 
deliberately weary the inferior muscles 
of the eyes1  trusting to automatic     
inhibition of the nerve centres for the 
results  desired4 ,success in certain   
directions indicates they are not far   
astray4 ,the mesmerist standing above   
his patient1 or sitting in a chair  a   
little higher up than the patient       
unconsciously leads to the same         
automatic effect1 but much more         
naturally4 ,the hypnotist will cause the
  subject to strain his eyes at an      
object4 ,the mesmerist desires his      
sensitive to be seated comfortably1 to  
look at him 7the mesmerist71 and  if the

 sensitive or patient feel inclined to  
close his eyes1 to do so1  or to sleep1 
to do so--the latter process being more 
in harmony with  nature than the former4
          ,how to ,induce ,sleep4       
,make your patient feel at home1        
disabuse his mind of fear1 doubt1       
anxiety1 and scepticism4 7,mesmerise no 
one without the presence of some  one   
interested in the patient's             
welfare--parents1 relatives1 guardians1 
or medical adviser74 ,remove1 if        
possible1 all elements which are likely 
to arouse or excite the patient's mind4 
,to succeed1 the patient must  either be
 naturally sensitive of your            
influence--i4 e41 passive  and          
receptive--or he must be made so4       
,everything you do must tend to  that   
condition4 ,by action and speech--in    
everything you must show you  know fully
 what you are about2 there must be no   
timidity1 hesitancy  or half-heartedness
 exhibited in your manner4 ,you must    
create the  instinctive feeling in the  

mind of your patient1 8that is a man ,i 
can  trust2 that man or person will do  
me good10 and you will do it4 ,you  can 
proceed to mesmerize by any of the      
processes already recorded1 or  you can 
adopt this method1 viz4--,let your      
patient be comfortably placed  or       
seated2 sit or stand before him1 or just
 at his side4 ,ask him to pay  no       
attention to his friends or             
surroundings1 but resign himself to your
  care4 ,he can either close his eyes1  
or look to yours4 ,inform him if he     
feels any strange or peculiar           
feelings--a sinking sensation1 darkness 
of vision1 nervous tremulousness1       
drowsiness or an inclination to  sleep1 
not to resist but give way4 ,it will be 
all right1 and you will  see him        
through4    ,next1 for five minutes or  
so1 take hold of his hands in an easy1  
comfortable manner1 or he can place his 
hands upon his knees1 and you  can lay  
yours with a just perceptible physical  
pressure on the top of  them4 ,remain   

thus in contact until there is no       
apparent difference  in temperature     
between your hands and his4 ,direct your
 eyes to his1  or1 rather1 to the organ 
of 8,individuality10 or that portion of 
the  head just situated between the two 
eyebrows1 at the root of the  nose4     
,exercise your will calmly and          
steadfastly toward the desired          
end--sleep4 ,gradually remove your hands
 from his1 and place them on his  head  
for two or three minutes1 covering his  
forehead at each temple  with the hollow
 of your hand1 with fingers resting on  
head and your  thumbs converging toward 
8,individuality40 ,slight pressure with 
the  hands on the temples is desirable1 
as it tends to check the inflow of      
blood to the head per the temporal      
arteries4 ,you will now proceed to      
further charge the brain with your      
influence by passes directed to  that   
end1 always downward over the head and  
face1--forehead1 tophead1  sidehead1 and
 backhead1--all coming under your       

direction1 so far as  such passes can be
 made with direct intent and with ease  
and comfort4  ,you will also facilitate 
your purpose by pointing the tips of    
your  fingers toward the eyes and       
temples1 but throughout there must be   
neither vulgar staring nor thumb        
pressure4 ,you will continue making     
these movements until the eyelids       
tremble1 become heavy1 or close4 ,in    
some cases it is advisable to close the 
eyelids and fasten them by  downward    
passes1 and thus hasten the result      
desired4 ,when ,i say hasten  the       
result--viz41 the mesmeric sleep of the 
person operated on--,i do  not mean the 
mesmerist to hasten2 he should never be 
in a hurry4  ,when the patient has      
exhibited the signs mentioned1 you now  
proceed  with both local and by general 
passes at distance to abstract your     
influence 7but not to awaken your       
now-sensitive7 by moving your hands     
with fingers extended slowly from his   
head to his fingers1 both inside  and   

outside the arms1 also from the forehead
 down in front of the body  to the pit  
of stomach1 and then toward the knees4  
,at the termination of  each pass raise 
the hands 7as described in practicing   
the passes7 and  commence again4        
,continue these passes for some time    
after he or she has  apparently fallen  
asleep4    ,if you do not succeed at    
first1 proceed at subsequent sittings as
 if  you had no previous failure2 and   
when once you succeed in putting a      
person asleep your power to do so will  
be enhanced1 and your future            
percentages will increase in due        
proportion4 ,when you have obtained     
satisfactory evidence of sleep1 it is   
advisable to try no experiments  for the
 first two or three sittings1 beyond the
 following4 ,let the  patient sleep on  
for some time1 and then quietly wake him
 up4 ,don't  do it suddenly4 ,you might 
spoil for ever a good subject by so     
doing4  ,stand behind or before your    
sensitive1 and make slowly and then     

briskly  upward passes 7palms of the    
hands up7 in front of the face1 and blow
  steadily on the forehead1 when your   
patient will awake much surprised  and  
benefitted by the sleep4 ,with a little 
more experience you can  arrange with   
your patient when he will awake of his  
own accord4 ,when  this is done1 the    
sensitive will always awake at the time 
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,curative ,mesmerism4      ,the powers  
of the early ,christians1 whether       
natural 8gifts of healing10  or both1   
were intensified by the simplicity and  
purity of their living1  and the reality
 of their faith4 ,they doubted not1 yet 
where they  doubted they could do no    
miracles4    ,the man who has 8no heart0
 to relieve disease1 or1 having         
sympathy1 has  no will to do so1 is     
either without the power to do good1 or1

 doubting  his power1 is unable to use  
it4    ,where there is sympathy for     
suffering1 the desire to relieve or     
remove  it1 and the will to do so1 the  
way soon opens up1 and the suffering  is
 removed4    ,the most powerful healers 
,i ever came in contact with had strong1
  healthy vital organizations1 and were 
large-hearted1 kindly-disposed  persons4
    ,the weak1 tender1 and delicate1    
when the heart and head work together1  
can accomplish much1 however4 ,the tired
 mother1 wearied with nursing1  does not
 lose her charm to sooth4 ,gentle and   
tender1 ever more  thoughtful of others 
than herself1 her diligent hands bring  
peace and  blessing with them at all    
times4    ,although delicate and        
sensitive females1 from their           
sympathetic  and patient natures1 have  
been very successful in the treatment of
  disease--at considerable loss to      
themselves1 however--no one should      
undertake to treat disease of a severe  
character unless they have  abundance of

 health and vitality2 and have also the 
determination1  patience and sympathy   
requisite to make them good healers4    
,ladies make excellent healers1 just as 
they make the best nurses4 ,the  gift   
can be readily cultivated by them1 and  
by practice put to good  use4 ,for many 
reasons woman would be the best         
magnetizer for woman1 man  for man1     
husband for wife1 wife for husband1 and 
father and mother for  children1 etc42  
but this cannot always be4    ,there is 
no reason why the professional healer1  
male and female1 should  not be trusted 
and esteemed as honorable in their work 
and position as  the physician or       
minister4    ,wide and general          
experience enables me to declare my     
undoubted  conviction1 that there is    
scarcely any form of disease which may  
not  be at least relieved where not     
cured1 by the steady1 persevering1 and  
judicious use of the mesmeric processes4
    ,massage1 shampooing1 muscular and  
kinetic movements1 are but different    

modes of local mesmeric treatment4      
,these terms are more fashionable in    
some quarters than the word             
,mesmerism--that is of little           
consequence1  if good is done4          
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,the mesmeric processes adopted in the  
cure of disease are those of  sleep1 and
 when it is necessary the application of
 remedies suggested  by the sensitive in
 sleep1 or by your clairvoyant1 in the  
case of and  for another patient4    ,in
 such cases1 medicines may be ordered1  
baths prescribed1 rules of  diet pointed
 out1 or certain processes of treatment 
ordered4 ,and you  will1 if satisfied   
with the bona fides of your sensitive's 

powers of  diagnosis and general        
lucidity1 faithfully carry them out4    
,the mesmeric treatment for the cure of 
disease may be purely local or  general 
in character1 exercised solely with the 
intention to alleviate  and cure        
disease1 without producing sleep1 sleep 
not being necessary in  the majority of 
cases4 ,if necessary1 you know how to   
bring it about4    ,nothing is worth    
doing that is not worth doing well4 ,if 
you want to  cure disease set about it1 
and 8whatever your hands find to do1 do 
it  with all your might10 i4 e41 put    
your soul into it4    ,avoid all        
experiments1 and direct your attention1 
energies1 and1 in  fact1 all your       
powers1 to the work--the most needed    
work--the cure of  your patient4        
,remember1 ,mesmerism is not a cure-all4
 ,there are diseases of such a          
character1 arising from hereditary      
taint1 constitutional defects1 and      
organic causes1 which can never be cured
 in this world1 only you1 as a          

mesmerist1 should not say so4    ,give  
help when and where you can1 according  
to your strength4 ,so  that in these1   
medically and humanely speaking1 utterly
 hopeless and  intractable cases you are
 not to refuse aid1 seeing there are few
 cases  where the mesmeric influence    
will not soothe and relieve pain1 quiet 
the nervous system1 restore sleep and   
strength in a large measure and1  what  
is not to be despised1 impart a cheerful
 and hopeful spirit to the  patient4    
,in chronic and acute diseases1         
especially when there is a periodicity  
in attack1 sleep is recommended to break
 that periodicity1 and to  lengthen the 
intervals between attacks4 ,in all      
mental1 psychological  and highly       
nervous troubles sleep is advised4 ,when
 this is necessary1  mesmerize by the   
long pass from head to feet1 the patient
 being in bed1  or lying upon the sofa1 
will materially facilitate your         
operations4    ,you will soon begin to  
see the effects of your attendance by   

the  improvement in your patient4 ,when 
the patient 8looks for you10 is         
impatient for your visit and wearies for
 the next1 it is not a bad  sign2 it    
indicates your influence and presence to
 be refreshing and  restorative in      
character4    ,good doctors and nurses  
have the same characteristics4    ,if   
your presence or influence is in any way
 disagreeable to your  patient1 and upon
 the third or fourth visit you are      
satisfied of this1  give up the         
treatment4 ,you can do no good1 although
 another may4 ,but do  not give up a    
case simply because favorable results   
are tardy in making  their appearance4  
,where your influence is not            
disagreeable1 it is your duty to        
persevere  and hope for the best4 ,you  
cannot do harm1 and you may do great    
good4    ,when there is nervousness and 
great debility1 operate from the        
head--back head--downward1 long passes  
at first1 and then short  passes        
locally4 ,if the action of the heart is 

weak1 or palpitation is  characteristic1
 breathe in upon it at the termination  
of each treatment4    ,you will be      
surprised at the warmth and generous    
feeling transferred  throughout your    
patient's organism in consequence4      
,you can subdue the most violent        
coughing fit by steady and gently       
breathing upon the spine1 just between  
the shoulder blades of your             
patient--child or adult4    ,so long as 
the clothing1 under or upper1 is not    
made of silk1 the  breathing will be    
effectual4    ,the lungs should be fully
 expanded1 the mouth placed close to the
 part1  as near as the clothing will    
admit1 and a strong1 steady stream of   
breath thrown in upon the place4 ,the   
moment the mouth is removed1 the  open  
hand should be placed over the place    
while filling the lungs to  repeat the  
operation1 which may be done several    
times4    ,in rheumatic and neuralgic   
derangements and ailments of that class1
  and in cuttings1 bruises1 and burns1  

the treatment is often purely           
local--the passes following the course  
of the nerves of sensation4    ,in      
mesmeric treatment it is just as well to
 remember there is no need  to remove   
the clothing under any circumstances1   
unless it is composed  of silk or other 
non-conducting material4 ,for economical
 reasons old  clothing is better than   
new4    ,toothache is a common          
affliction4 ,you will have many         
opportunities of  immediately relieving 
it1 if not effectually and ultimately   
curing it4    ,a very good and practical
 method of cure is to lay your hand upon
 the  affected side of the face1 and    
hold it there for a few minutes1 and    
this prepares the face for the next     
movement4 ,then place a piece of        
flannel over the ear 7on the same side  
of the head as the toothache72  keep    
your hand still on the face1 but now    
over the flannel1 with the  other hand  
over the head1 holding the upper portion
 of the flannel 7or  four-fold ordinary 

pocket handkerchief7 over the ear4      
,now breathe strongly and steadily into 
the ear through the covering  thus made4
 ,do this two or three times1 strongly  
willing the removal of  the pain4 ,a    
warm1 soothing influence will reach the 
offending tooth1  and peace will ensue4 
,at the last breath remove the          
handkerchief  quickly1 and the pain will
 be gone4    ,a little success in this  
direction will enable you to try your   
hand at  more serious business4         
,violent headaches--even arising from   
bilious attacks--can be relieved  in a  
remarkable way by passes4 ,stand behind 
the patient1 who should be  seated4     
,place your hands on the forehead4      
,keep them there a little1 and then make
 short passes in contact1  gently and   
firmly1 with slight pressure on the     
temples and backward  over the side and 
top head to the crown2 then draw out and
 shake your  fingers as if you were     
throwing water off them1 and proceed    
again to  make passes as before4    ,in 

from five to fifteen minutes relief will
 be given1 if the pain is  not removed  
altogether4    ,in rheumatism and such  
diseases1 in which pain is a marked     
characteristic1 ,mesmerism 8works like a
 charm40    ,the patient is always      
pleased to be relieved of pain1 and as  
the pain  subsides1 his mental and      
physical conditions become more         
favorably  receptive to your influence4 
,if1 in treating a rheumatic patient1 a 
pain is moved--say from the shoulder to 
the middle of the arm above the         
elbow--continue your treatment1 and1    
instead of drawing passes to  the       
fingers1 endeavor to draw the pain down 
to1 and out of1 the elbow  joints4      
,if you are able to move the pain1 if   
only an inch from its original          
position1 you have control over it1 and 
will be able1 in due course1 to  remove 
it altogether4          ,an ,essential4 
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,how to ,hypnotize a ,bird4      ,the   
ease with which even a child can put a  
dumb creature into the  hypnotic state  
is best illustrated in the case of the  
bird1 a most  convenient subject4       
,hold the bird securely1 but gently1 in 
the hand1 back downward4 ,look  straight
 into its eyes4 ,the little creature    

will at first struggle to  escape1 but  
after a minute or two it becomes quiet4 
,on first attempts  it may be difficult 
to fix the bird's gaze1 but the         
fascination of the  human eye will make 
itself felt in the end1 and the tiny    
subject will  not try to take its gaze  
off the hypnotizer4 ,when it has reached
 this  stage1 begin very slowly to      
loosen the grasp4    ,as the pressure   
grows lighter the bird becomes more     
under the influence  of the charm       
exerted by the firm gaze4 ,the beating  
of its heart1  which can easily be felt 
in the fingers1 becomes more rapid1 the 
legs  contract slightly and the lids    
draw over the edges of the eyes4 ,there 
must be almost no pressure of the hand  
now1 or the bird will not sleep  deeply4
    ,in a few minutes1 sometimes two1   
sometimes five or ten1 the eyelids  will
 have entirely closed4 ,still hold the  
bird carefully for two or  three        
minutes4 ,it may now be handled freely  
but gently4 ,held by the  foot1 head    

downward1 its body is entirely limp1    
like a bird just shot4  ,it may be      
tossed about without awaking so long as 
it is not dropped or  hurt in any way4  
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,transcriber's ,notes3    ,punctuation  
has been made consistent4    ,the       
following change was made3    p4 #ad3   
illegible word assumed to be of 7removal
 of the7