5 22 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



comedy, let us consider for a moment the interpretation of it and 

 the lesson it teaches. It was not, I think, always and in all its 

 stages wholly an imposture, although generally it was. Two at 

 least of the subjects, Mervel and Marguerite, and, I think, per- 

 haps Clarice, were pronounced hysterics and thoroughly trained 

 hypnotics ; they mingled pathological conditions and an artificial- 

 ly induced state of partial automatism with their abundant frauds. 

 They were at once, as Voltaire puts it, speaking of like impostors, 

 " duped and dupers, deceived and deceivers." Jeanne and Vix ap- 

 peared to me from first to last to be acting a part with full con- 

 sciousness of all their frauds. They were, moreover, anxious to 

 accomplish them to my satisfaction, and in such a way, as they 

 both openly stated, to procure from me what Jeanne called " a 

 reclame " and Vix " the favor of my recommendation." After I 

 was gone, Jeanne, the " professor of languages," and " sincere sub- 

 ject " of Dr. Luys's lectures, sent after me the following letter, 

 which I think too interesting a document not to put upon record. 

 I omit the address and the final paragraph, but I preserve the origi- 

 nal spelling : 



Monsieur le Docteur Ayant eu 1'honneur Sarnedie dernier de servir de Sujet 

 a une Seance d'hypnotisin chez vous, Monsieur le Docteur, j'espere que vous vou- 

 drez Men m'excuser, Monsieur le Docteur, la liberte qne je prends de vous f;iire 

 parvenir une petite nomenclature des experiences et des phenomenes que Mr. 

 le Dr. Luys obtien, depuis bien tot 7 ans, sur moi. 



1. On obtien sur moi tres faoilement 



Les trois tats classiqaes, 

 Lethargie, Catalepsie, Somnainbulisme. 



En Lethargie 

 Anestesie complete. 

 Tous les differents effects et contracture au ccntacte des differents 



Metaux. 



Les Contractures Neuro-Musculaires. 

 Le jeu du Diaphragm. 



En Catalepsie 



Pri^e du regard le point fixe autometisme les attitudes Effets des 



Couleurs. 



Suggestions par gestes. 

 Effets des Aimants. 

 Cessation du battement du poux. 

 Eaideur cadaverique. 



Somnambulisme 



Tous les pbenomenes de 1'hyperestesie de la peau. 



Les attractions. 



Effects de medicaments a distance. 



Suggestion instantan^e et a 6cheance. 



Changement de personality. 



Mneumonie. 



