Part 3

When there is nervousness and great debility, operate from the head--back head--downward, long passes at first, and then short passes locally. If the action of the heart is weak, or palpitation is characteristic, breathe in upon it at the termination of each treatment.

You will be surprised at the warmth and generous feeling transferred throughout your patient’s organism in consequence.

You can subdue the most violent coughing fit by steady and gently breathing upon the spine, just between the shoulder blades of your patient--child or adult.

So long as the clothing, under or upper, is not made of silk, the breathing will be effectual.

The lungs should be fully expanded, the mouth placed close to the part, as near as the clothing will admit, and a strong, steady stream of breath thrown in upon the place. The moment the mouth is removed, the open hand should be placed over the place while filling the lungs to repeat the operation, which may be done several times.

In rheumatic and neuralgic derangements and ailments of that class, and in cuttings, bruises, and burns, the treatment is often purely local--the passes following the course of the nerves of sensation.

In mesmeric treatment it is just as well to remember there is no need to remove the clothing under any circumstances, unless it is composed of silk or other non-conducting material. For economical reasons old clothing is better than new.

Toothache is a common affliction. You will have many opportunities of immediately relieving it, if not effectually and ultimately curing it.

A very good and practical method of cure is to lay your hand upon the affected side of the face, and hold it there for a few minutes, and this prepares the face for the next movement. Then place a piece of flannel over the ear (on the same side of the head as the toothache); keep your hand still on the face, but now over the flannel, with the other hand over the head, holding the upper portion of the flannel (or four-fold ordinary pocket handkerchief) over the ear.

Now breathe strongly and steadily into the ear through the covering thus made. Do this two or three times, strongly willing the removal of the pain. A warm, soothing influence will reach the offending tooth, and peace will ensue. At the last breath remove the handkerchief quickly, and the pain will be gone.

A little success in this direction will enable you to try your hand at more serious business.

Violent headaches--even arising from bilious attacks--can be relieved in a remarkable way by passes. Stand behind the patient, who should be seated. Place your hands on the forehead.

Keep them there a little, and then make short passes in contact, gently and firmly, with slight pressure on the temples and backward over the side and top head to the crown; then draw out and shake your fingers as if you were throwing water off them, and proceed again to make passes as before.

In from five to fifteen minutes relief will be given, if the pain is not removed altogether.

In rheumatism and such diseases, in which pain is a marked characteristic, Mesmerism “works like a charm.”

The patient is always pleased to be relieved of pain, and as the pain subsides, his mental and physical conditions become more favorably receptive to your influence. If, in treating a rheumatic patient, a pain is moved--say from the shoulder to the middle of the arm above the elbow--continue your treatment, and, instead of drawing passes to the fingers, endeavor to draw the pain down to, and out of, the elbow joints.

If you are able to move the pain, if only an inch from its original position, you have control over it, and will be able, in due course, to remove it altogether.

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How to Hypnotize a Bird.

The ease with which even a child can put a dumb creature into the hypnotic state is best illustrated in the case of the bird, a most convenient subject.

Hold the bird securely, but gently, in the hand, back downward. Look straight into its eyes. The little creature will at first struggle to escape, but after a minute or two it becomes quiet. On first attempts it may be difficult to fix the bird’s gaze, but the fascination of the human eye will make itself felt in the end, and the tiny subject will not try to take its gaze off the hypnotizer. When it has reached this stage, begin very slowly to loosen the grasp.

As the pressure grows lighter the bird becomes more under the influence of the charm exerted by the firm gaze. The beating of its heart, which can easily be felt in the fingers, becomes more rapid, the legs contract slightly and the lids draw over the edges of the eyes. There must be almost no pressure of the hand now, or the bird will not sleep deeply.

In a few minutes, sometimes two, sometimes five or ten, the eyelids will have entirely closed. Still hold the bird carefully for two or three minutes. It may now be handled freely but gently. Held by the foot, head downward, its body is entirely limp, like a bird just shot. It may be tossed about without awaking so long as it is not dropped or hurt in any way.

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