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one Mr. Braid. The latter gentleman was loud in his 

 denunciation of the entire affair. The audience then 

 called upon Mr. Wilson for his opinion of the ex- 

 hibition. Of course the question was, Is this 

 exhibition an honest one or is it a sham ? Is the 

 girl really asleep, or is she only pretending to be 

 so ? In reply to the call of the audience, Mr. Wilson 

 stood up and said : " The whole affair is as complete 

 " a piece of humbug as I ever witnessed." The in- 

 dignant lecturer, not familiar with English slang 

 phrases, excitedly replied, " The gentleman says it 

 " is all Bog; I say it is not Bog; there is no Bog in 

 " it at all." By this time several of us, including Mr. 

 Wilson, had gone upon the platform to examine the 

 girl. I at once raised her eyelids, and found the pupils 

 contracted to two small points. I called Wilson's 

 attention to this evidence of sound sleep, and he at 

 once gave me a look and a low whistle, conscious 

 that he was in a mess. Braid then tested the girl 

 by forcing a pin between one of her nails and the 

 end of her finger. She did not exhibit the slightest 

 indication of feeling pain, and Braid soon arrived at 

 the conclusion it was not all "Bog" He subse- 

 quently commenced a long series of elaborate ex- 

 periments, which ended in his placing the subject on 

 a more philosophical basis than had been done by 

 any of his predecessors. 



For the term animal magnetism and other popular 

 phrases Braid substituted " Hypnotism " and "Mono- 

 " ideaism." 



