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Tribune Extras Lecture ami Letter Series. 



ovr-r the bodr, and trampled on by some 10 or 12 per-ons 

 over her limbs ami belly ami cheat, and still bore it all 



Without aiy slirn of pain whatever. 



As i-cL'u-d- tin- |io\vi-r of producing ana'-the-ia, it 

 sec ins to mi- unfortunate tlia: t In- dis -overy of ether was 

 made ju-t when it was. It was. as you well kuo\v, in 

 184C or 1S17 tli it tin: use of i-tln-r as an iina-^thetle w is 

 begun. It .-t,n -tnl from this city. At t ha' time in E.l- 

 eliind Dr. r. u In-.- wa> fry in, to show from f.n-t~ obe -r\ed 



iii England, and especially in India, from the pr i 



of L)r. E< laiV, that .-otiii'tliin^ which was c .illed me,- 

 uicrisui, bin wlr.vh, after all, was nothing h.it a peculiar 

 state of Mimnamln-.liMi'. induced in |i i i--iits, ir.ive to 

 t lie m ilir lil--. i that ih.y \v.-re deprived of feeling; so 

 that tlii'.v \vi-n- in reality nutli-r the Inllu "i:ce of Wieir 

 ima:,-iii:.'.u,;i. a:id op, I.I!,O:M were performed tuat Were 

 quite i>.u:i e- .. I -ay it Was a j)itv that ether was iu- 

 iroilui-ftl j;i : then, as i: iire\ ei,te.J tic- progr. 

 our lil.- tt8 to tins method of pro- 



diicingan i. M\ friend, Prof. Broca, took it up in 

 1S57-S, anil pii-hrd it \ ery fir; and for a tim it \\ as the 



fu-inn in r.t: . - t.i ii i\-r amputations performed after 



having lieeii :i:i -; hi li/ -,\ ov ii.: :nllileiicc of Bra ill I Mn or 

 bypnoti.-m. A cr-at many operations were performed 

 In that way \vhirh W.T.- i|iii,o painless. But it was a 

 proei -. whieii was lon_- anil ir. lions, and surgeons were 

 in a hurry an I ' ivo ii ui>. I regret it very iiiueb, as 

 ; ; ncv-r ha- i" i :i ,i i -a-e oi ' il -atli from that method 

 of prodm-iiii: ana--.t hc.sia. while you well know that a 

 gieat many ca.-e.- of d ath have b^eu produced by oiher 

 metboda. 



Ill I I- I MM I:l:IiER ON THE 5IIRACCLOUS. 



N "t only riii.i -i h' -i^ m,i\ li produced, but the secre- 

 tions ma; he very powerfully affected by tho inllarnee 

 of tin- miiiil over tin in.ilv. Here we find facts of yreat 

 import, !!! 1. There aro niauy facts \vliicli show 



th.it Che aeoretiona oi miiic may become puisonous for 

 a chihl from a men; t-mntiou in the mother, and 

 especially fimn ong r. Ai.il if it were not the duty of 

 every one to avoid anger il would certainly bo the duty 

 of a younc mother who bas to nurse a child. There are 

 ca^es. iilihou.-h thi-yar.' not ronimon, in which death 

 La~ i-e.-nlif I ; and alii-rat ions of health in children from 

 tola cauae are very frequent. A eie.it many men who 

 h.i\ e ii-aehetl an a i In It a.^f owe tbeir ill health to such an 



Inll'lenet; ill chi Id ho. id. 



liverv one l. 78, also, that tho secretion of bile, t!ie 



H i -i i-tion of i . ..: -, and the s -t-reiiou of saliva are very 

 und< i i >.< ' i>t tin- nervous system. The 



ir or tin- ii.iw.-;>. wnn-ii tlep -nila on a secretion 

 tbere.oi ou lu ibe liver, la also muob dependent 



on tin- mil lence of the ln:ai;luatio:i. The Emperor Nich- 

 olas ii led to ace ii.it power there is m the Imairiuatioa 

 luthi'i' : B ad-crumb plllB were Riven to a great 

 many patlenta, and, aa a result, most of them wt-m 

 jmr^eil. !!. a -i udfiii, not of metlicine but of 



iiie,,in-y, iia\ m^' tin- HIM that the word pill meant a 

 .iJiir^.itiv.'. I, p " ]illl" In th:- dictionary; and tho 



lirat kind of )nlis th.it he found i here was one composed 

 iiiainlv oi op.ii'ii and lu-n!i.im-, both astrinj;i.'uts, and 

 rapulili- of jiiodiii Ih^r Kl-at Con.i' ip.il ion. Ho Witnti'd to 



he | in i ce< i, ii nd took a eei :.nii ii ii in her of thfbo pills, and 

 inut'Md oi li eonnn^ i-oii-' iji.ii d lie wa.s jiur^ed Just as 

 In- wished to I"-. [Liiiif ht' -r.J 



Vomiting may lie pridmtd In thn samo way. Du 

 rroa, ii t'reneli phy.siolo-iM. telN 1,1 a trial made in 

 11 ho-ldtal by :i nnr-e \\ lei u rnt ai omul and K-IVO to all 



ti.i- ii.itifnt- a vt-i \ barmle/w kind of medicine, and iin-n 



t. >!d them that ^-llM w.n .-oirythat bins had liy ml-talif 

 lilvou them nil very iiowerful emetics. Out of luu p.i- 



lii-nts, eo were iifl'fi'twd n<< if tliey lind taker, the most 

 \ mleiii ein-iie and Vomited for ii Ion;; time. 



This we see on a Veiy 1 ,ir.^.- seale on s -aboard every 

 Summer. I have uo dou'it whatt-vt-r that se.i-sii-kncss 

 l- in a irivat measure due to I h it, and if you could o OU 



board of a steamer with the idea that you would not 

 vomit f am well satisfied, from experiments I have 

 niadi', that you would escape, u Kr<-at i:eal of sea-sick- 

 MI- --..if you did not i-M-ape it altosrether. One fact I 

 recall is vi-r\- iiitere>t:n^. A person had crossed, on one 

 occ-iMon, a .-niiill iiav wh'-n it was very rou-, f h. There 

 \\as ii man plajim: tho violin ou the boat. Tim person I 

 reler to was terribly si-a-sick and vounled a jrreat dc:il. 



Ho had not f of oourae, made up his mind that be could 



ne! lie. sick. However, the point is that after that he 

 could never hear a violin without vomitmtr. [Laujrhtei 

 and applause.) 



To pass to somethlns IIMIV serious: You have all 

 lie.u-d of what are called the stigmata marks represent 

 ing the wounds on the lim'is of Christ. Those mark! 

 have appeared in persons who have dreamed or im- 

 agined that they were crucified and suu'aring tae paina 

 of Christ, having invoiced t.i c.ml:i-ss of God to lei 

 them have that suffering to punish th.-m for their faults, 

 Tho most remarkable fact of that kind IA that concern- 

 ing St. Francis of As.-ts,i. Tiier is no doub f th:it he had 

 the mark as clear as possible. If you compare with 

 this fact one which is related by Dr. C.irter you will 

 have the explanation of it. Dr. Carter says that 

 while a mother was looking at her child who 

 was standing at a window with the lingers 

 on the border of tho window just under the 

 lifted sash, -he saw the sash come down with great force 

 and crush the three lingers of the poor child. The 

 mother remained unable to IIMVC. feeling immediately 

 a pain on tbe three flaeera at the very p.aci- whr-ro the 

 child had been injured. Her li,ig.-rs swelled, an etlusion 

 of blood took place and ulfi-raMou followed and she was 

 a lonu' time in b -ing cured. It In the case of this mother 

 the imagination could produce such results, you will see 

 in the case of the stiL'iuiit.i the imagination may have 

 been equally powerful. 



PERFORM VNCK.s OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTEES. 



The mind in a state of emotion has also great power 

 on the In-art, the hrc.iihing apparatus, and several 

 oi her organs. The most important of the facts here 

 which I must say I committed the fault of denying for a 

 long time are those whii-h ivl.iie to the fakirs of India. 

 Yon know th.it they may remain dead to all appearance 

 for a number of days, and if is even said for mouths, 

 without any chaniro occurring in their body, without 

 any change in their wi i-ht, wit hoiit their receiving any 

 food. They show neither circula: i.)ii nor respiration, 

 as their temperature had diminished very considerably, 

 and altogether prc.-ent a scries of Hi -els wuich are cer- 

 tainly very marvelous. But m irvel.uu as ic is, 

 tho testimony of ROIUO ollieers in tho Brit- 

 ish army who are men of pericet veracity 

 leaves no doubt as to the possibility Of the fact. But iQ 

 the light of the fact thiii I mcni nmed in my llrst lecture, 

 that 1 had a dead animal in my lanoratory lying for 

 several months \\ ilhont any sign of decomposition, ia a 

 t -in pc rat urn varying lioai 40 to CO during day ami 

 night, we can understand that lln-so fakirs mav remain 

 aole to live although they do not live that is, do not 

 have actual and act ivi- lilc. But u hy, you will say, do 

 they come out! Admit that there is in us a power \\hlcli 

 Is qn.t" distinct fro.n our or na irv power of mind, 

 \\hn-li is quite di-tlnct I mm wh.it wo call coi'.sclousueas, 

 winch dining our bleep is awake and watches; with 



