Identifier: hypnotismitsfac00sext (find matches)
Title: Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena;
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Sextus, Carl
Subjects: Hypnotism
Publisher: Chicago, C. Sextus
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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noise. This gentleman was evidently very wellprepared; and as he now had once more regained his good fig-ure I asked him to put on his clothes, and placed in his handsthe protecting amulets. I now exclaimed, loudly, Awake!and the expression of his consternation when beholding in hishands these things can better be imagined than described. Thisgenius was the famous ever-talking barber of the street, whowas generally called The Dramatic, a name he acquired onaccount of his continued but ever-failing efforts as a manager ofan amateur stage. I never learned whether some silly personhad given him this suggestion or if it was only a joke playedupon him; but the report was that the barber had been so highlyassured of his unsusceptibility that he lost a bet which he hadmade with a tailor living across the street. That I was able,during the hypnose, completely to check this barbers incessanttalking created much astonishment throughout the entire neigh- INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. 275
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2^6 INTRODUCTION OF HYPNOTISM IN CHICAGO. borhood. I am naturally very fond of children, but I discov-ered to my great surprise that wherever I appeared on the streetthe children hurried away, stopping their play, ceasing theirmerry laughter, while they sought shelter in the doors andalleys. A tall boy about ten years old, who had the courage tostare at me in daring proximity, was taken into the house by hisanxious mother. Polish, Bohemian and Italian women crossedthemselves solemnly whenever I passed them during my stay inthat locality. Later on I heard that I was used as a bug-a-booby the worthy mothers; when the little children preferred tocry evenings instead of sleeping, they -were told to be quiet,otherwise Sextus would be called. The suggestion to thechildren, I am told, had an almost magic effect. THE VISIBLE SYMPTOMS IN PARTIAL AND PERFECT HYPNOSE. It is a fact that the subjects in the first degrees of the hyp-nose are, in many directions, very sensitive, especially to a sud-

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