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On his arrival, the patient could not summon up courage 

 to be mesmerised, and seeing that she was beginning to 

 get excited, he made a signal to her husband, bade her 

 good-night, and left the room. He instantly returned 

 again very silently with her husband, and the latter passed 

 into the room, whilst the mesmerist remained behind a 

 screen, that happened to be there to exclude draughts, 

 without Mrs. Barnes knowing that he was there. He 

 began to make " passes," and in a few minutes Mrs. 

 Barnes exclaimed to her husband, " The pain has moved 

 across here," putting her finger on the spot indicated. 

 Very shortly after she exclaimed again, " It is very odd, 

 the pain has gone altogether," and then Mr. Thompson 

 stepped out from his concealment, and she found that she 

 had been mesmerised without her knowing the fact. 



On another occasion, the clergyman of the neighbouring 

 parish of Shipton had a son exceedingly ill with internal 

 inflammation. The doctors in attendance said that the 

 only chance for life was to induce a violent perspiration, 

 but every means to produce this had failed, and in despair 

 Mr. Pickering sent to ask Mr. Thompson to come and try 

 his powers. He did so, and sat by the bedside " Willing " 

 for the desired result, and before very long the child was 

 bathed in most profuse perspiration, and his life was saved. 



The power of clairvoyance, shown by those who are in 

 the mesmeric trance, is often very great, and a remarkable 

 instance of this was shown by Mrs. Harland, of Sutton 

 Hall, who for a considerable time required a course of 

 mesmeric treatment. It was the custom of Mr. Thompson 

 to leave his patients in the trance, and allow them to come 

 naturally out of it, instead of rudely arousing them, as is 

 more frequently done, and he thought that there was less 



