128 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Apr., 



constitute, perhaps, his best monument. — Report of Postal Club. 

 E. J. Attinelli, M. D., Vineland, N. J. — An American 

 born son of an Italian patriot, he died Jan. 1, 189b. He nat- 

 urally, after graduating in medicine and establishing himself in 

 practice in New York City, maintained a successful practice and 

 took a prominent position in the Italian departments of the 

 medical charities of the city. During the last two or three 

 years he resided in New Jersey. He was a patriotic citizen as 

 well as an accomplished archjfiologist and microscopist. In the 

 Club he was always prompt, careful and helpful, and his brief 

 notes in the books showed a genial and thoughtful interest in 

 the work of all —R. P. C. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Hypnotism. By James R. Cocke, M. D. 12°. pp. 373. Arena 

 Pub. Co., Boston, Mass. 1894. 



Dr. Cocke has hypnotised 1350 people and studied its power. 

 He can induce a subject to stab him with a paper dagger but not 

 with a knife. He can hypnotise the willing subject 60 times 

 in 100, but he cannot hypnotise the averse subject. He agrees 

 with Hudson that no one unless it be hardened criminals can 

 in tlie hypnotic state be induced to commit crime. Having 

 hypnotised himself, the resulting phenomena described are quite 

 startling. 



The means of distinguishing between a truly hypnotic con- 

 dition and a feigned one are well described. The experiment 

 of making one of a subject's hands warm and the other cold 

 would seem conclusive evidence of the realit}^ of the alleged 

 phenomena, — enough to convince the most skeptical. 



J)r. Cocke indicates in what class of diseases, hypnotic sug- 

 gestion may be beneficial and what classes are beyond its reach. 

 He recognizes dangers from the misapplication of hypnotism 

 just as he recognizes the dangers from the improper use of drugs. 

 Naturally, he wishes its use and that of drugs confined to his 

 profession — a purely selfish consideration, we fear. 



Dr. Cocke supplements his own knowledge by citing the 

 opinions of others to a considerable extent. In conclusion he 

 gives a list of 333 titles of publications relating to the subject, 

 most of them being European. 



