CHAPTER VIII

Dangers in being hypnotized Condemnation of public performances—A commonsense view—Evidence furnished by Lafontaine; by Dr. Courmelles; by Dr. Hart; by Dr. Cocke—No danger in hypnotism if rightly used by physicians or scientists

Hypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habits

Hypnotism of animals—Snake charming

A scientific explanation of hypnotism—Dr. Hart’s theory

Telepathy and Clairvoyance—Peculiar power in hypnotic state—Experiments—“Phantasms of the living” explained by telepathy