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cast steel ; on the contrary, the Bessemer process stands alone on a 

 hasis of its own, conspicuous alike for its extreme simplicity, its 

 rapidity of action, and for the immense quantities it is capable of 

 dealing with at a single charge. • 



A Paper ivill he read o)i Deecmber 16th, on 



MESMERISM AND ITS ALLIED CONDITION'S. 



By Dr. C. Albert Kingston. 

 PROGRAMME. 



Somnambulism — Its relationship to dreams — Causes of its occurrence 

 — Cases illustrating the phenomena produced by it — Explanation 

 of their nature — Double consciousness a form of somnambulism — 

 Illustrative cases — Relationship of somnambulism to mesmerism — 

 Record of cases traced back through some centuries — Cause of its 

 study during the early part of this century — The methods employed 

 for its production — The character of those susceptible to its action 

 — Phenomena occurring under its influence — Attention, faith, 

 imitation, imagination, and hysteria, considered in connection with 

 mesmerism — Reichenbach's Odyle theory considered — Tlie true 

 nature of mesmerism, and the dangers involved in its frequent 

 application. 



MESMERISM AND ITS ALLIED CONDITIONS. 



ABSTRACT OF DR. C. ALBERT KINGSTON'S PAPER. 



Tuis lecture was a continuation of that delivered last year on 

 Sleep and Dreams." After directing attention to the various 

 phenomena occurring during sleep, the lecturer described somnam- 

 bulism as a kind of incomplete sleep ; consciousness and memory 

 being asleep, whilst the power of muscular movements, and one 

 or more of the senses, were not only awake, but developed to a 

 d(igree which appears almost miraculous to the somnambulist when 

 conscious. When somnambulism is associated with or actuated 

 by dreams, the dream is remembered, but the actions excited by it 

 arc forgotten, or remembered merely, not as real actions, but as 

 part of the dream. 



When the somnambulistic condition is i)rolonged beyond those 



