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are scarcely perceptible 

 the length from the an- 

 inches; height of apex 



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HYPNOTISM IN ANIMALS. 1 



■ more prop 



under various names in the his 



The same influences which work the modern ph( 

 hypnotism are undoubtedly identified with the manifestations of 

 magic found described in ancient history. The magic of Zoro- 

 aster, the wonderful performances of the magi of the East — among 

 the ancient Persians, Hindoos and Egyptians— the spells and in- 

 cantations of the Grecian and Roman oracles, the methods of 

 divination, the remarkable feats of the snake charmers of India 

 and Egypt, all belong to the same category. 



And so also might we include the more recent wonderful mani- 

 festations of religious mania which swept Europe in the seven- 

 teenth century as an epidemic, known as the " dancing mania," 

 and was literally a national calamity. In our own country it was 



