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have just been concluded on Gabrielle Bompard, the alleged accomplice 

 of Eyraud in the murder of M. Gouffe. The theory has been put for- 

 ward that she was hypnotized by Eyraud, and made unconsciously to 

 play her part in the tragedy by enticing G-ouffe into her room, which he 

 never left alive. It has been found that she is remarkably susceptible 

 to hypnotic influences. While hypnotized she 

 unhesitatingly obeyed every verbal command, 

 and not only that, but with equal fidelity she 

 obeyed the un uttered thoughts of the doctor 

 when he was in another room far away from hers. 

 He even went into another building, and there 

 thought out a number of most unusual, extraor- 

 dinary and difficult acts, every one of which she 

 instantly performed. Dr. Bronardel, who con- 

 ducted these experiments, declares her the most 

 remarkable hypnotic subject he has ever met. " 

 This is pretty strong, but a hypnotic subject 

 may be in a very superior condition to act the 39 f M^ s e Seiph C ) ion f 397 ' 

 part of percipient. 



The "Society for Psychological Research " reports the following : 



Dr. Dusart had as a subject a hysterical girl of 14, who was very 

 susceptible to hypnotism. He found he could influence her actions 

 simply by his silent will. He made more than 100 experiments with 

 uniform success. < ' On one occasion Dr. Dusart left without giving his 

 usual order to the patient to sleep till a particular hour next morning. 

 Remembering the omission, he gave the order mentally, when at a dis- 

 tance of 700 meters from the house. On arriving next morning at 

 7:30, he found the patient asleep and asked her the reason. She re- 

 plied she was obeying his order. He said, < You are wrong ; I left 

 without giving you an order. ' ' True, ' she said, but five minutes 

 afterwards I clearly heard you tell me to sleep till eight o'clock. ' Dr. 

 Dusart then told the patient to sleep till she received the command to 

 wake, and directed hfr parents to mark the exact time of her waking. 

 At 2 p. m. he gave the order, mentally, at a distance of seven kilo- 

 metres, l and found it had been punctually obeyed. This experiment 

 was successfully repeated several times, at different hours. " 



The Literary Committee of the same society, in report of Ma3 r 28, 1884, 

 relate that a person, Mr. B, as an experiment, on the 22nd of March, 

 at 10:30 p. m., secretly determined to impress a distant friend, Mr. A, 

 whom he had previously been able to affect, but whom he had not lately 

 seen, so that the friend should, at midnight, that is after Mr. B was 

 asleep, see an apparition of Mr. B, and also receive a touch on the 



1 Four and one third miles. 



