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Dr. Workman thought that it would not. Other cases of 

 hypnotism were related by members similar to those referred 

 to in the paper. 



Dr. Cassidy called attention to the curious phenomena 

 exhibited by the Jumpers among the French Canadians, and 

 related a case where a medical gentleman had tested a party 

 of French Canadian "jumpers" in the State of Maine, from 

 which it appeared that it was not necessary to be en rapport 

 with the persons, but that simple suggestion on the part of 

 any one was sufficient to produce the phenomena. 



Mr. Rouse referred to the marks produced on the body by 

 the action of the mind, as in the case of pregnant women, on 

 whom the figures of fruit, as strawberries, of animals, as the 

 face of a cat, &c., appear. Other instances were mentioned 

 by some of the members. The stigmata on ecstatics were 

 referred to in this connection, and instances given similar to 

 those in the case of Francis of Assisi, Clara di Pugny, Louise 

 Lateau and others, in ancient and modern times, the reality of 

 which could not be doubted. They were supposed to be 

 caused by the person being placed in a state of intense expec- 

 tancy, the attention being strongly concentrated on some part 

 of the bodily organization. 



NINTH MEETING. 



The Ninth Meeting was held on 30th January, 1886, the 

 President in the chair. 



Messrs. Notman and Bain were appointed representatives 

 of the Institute on the Council of the Toronto Industrial 

 Exhibition Association. 



The following list of Donations and Exchanges was read : 



1. Le Naturaliste Canadien, Janvier, 1886. 



2. Science, Jan. 22, '86. 



3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol. XIII., 



February, 1884 to June, 1885. 



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