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Miscellany: Cerebral Excitement

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Day
20
Month
June
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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After discovering that separate portions of ihe brain could be opcrnteil on. nnd the p.uicnt wïien aslerp, could e made to feél my p.ission o'r e o lion. approprin;e to the prgan exchedj 1 sood found that the resuhs. ia n Icss degrae, could be prmhiced in persons oi the ri!it tempenunciit. ji. the waking state, nnd nccortlingly ] hnvc prodiic ed them in a !:ir;e iun:ber ol persons at dilföent linies. When the pntient is ín the MftgrTetic sleep, I have eDineiiiv.es, merely 10 poirit my tinirer at iln orgnn without lïiuchi.ng i'; oód at oiher times h merely willing it. the óxci'têmcnt i'üil.nv-!. Efó'w ever. much r.'ependson the MagrtcHè rduüonbc taveen the operator jmd t [ie pnlienty the noportionsoCihe Magoettc (orces brtween ihem, &C To give our readers eoine definíte idea of these exeitements, we wiil here aad the foibwiag brief account, as we cannot now spare the room lor niamy details of this kind. The reader will 6car¦ in mint!, that thie patiënt, usfar as I could learn had no knowledge of the location of thePhrenoIogioal organs; and not onc word was said. by any one present, by which the thovght could have been suggested to her mind. We will merely state the name oi the organ, and then put down what wns said by the pauent, immediately on its excitement: - 1. Jti(iii!niilit!.-"O, I'in thinkingof all the individuals I ever know. O, I have known more persons than y'Mi ever did." 2. She.- [Holding up her hands,] "This is so big - tlns is so small," &c. 3. Color.- "O, I want a beautiful pink shawl. O. those beautiful colors." 4. Eccntvalitij-Ancient.-'-l remeinber- O 1 remember everthing that ever took place in mv life." 5. Nuviber.- ( ; Holding up her fingers she commencedcounting.] -One, two, three, iour," &c. G. C(il;ulatÏJ-i. - Thisexcited, shecommonced enuinerating - "Ten times ten are one hundred." &c. 9. Tune. - She commenced singing; and nver did I hear singing in which there wasao much real musical expression, os I have of'ten witnessed Irom persons in whom these organs had been excited.o. Comprinson: - ''These hands 'iro both aüke. O, I'll tell you whom yon nre liko," .Ve. 9. Causalily. - [The head bent forward. J - "Whi is it that this subject is so much misunderstood? O, I can tell you, 'lis because they do not understnnd u." And various uther expressions in which íWluf and "because" were usfid. 10. Supplicafiun - ';O. yon tmistpray, I cannot - I want to pray but'l cannot." 11. Self Eslcem. - [Lifting iho head up, and bringing t back ín a hanghiy position. ] i:I arr the greaiest person living. I ani better (lian any ofyou. Yes. indeed I 'ñ'm.'J, VVe never heard the ernphasis put upon tlic pronoun i" so to ihe very life, as wlien this oigan is exciied, in the Magnetic sleep. "Wi'fulncss. - ;I will have my wny - O. I don't want to be crossed by any of you - I ic'M liave it." &c. 13. Physical Fcar. -"O. I am afraid. I shall fall - help ine - see there, I am afraid will co:ne and kill me." H. - Moral Fmt. - L;O I am afraid to pray to God! He ienngry whh me." &c. 1G. Grati'.ndtí. 4'O, I am so thankful- 'you have becn 6okin I to me - O, I do (bel grateful." Cunscicnti-jusness and Acquisiticcncss. - "O, I want some monoy- is it riyht to love money? . no. I know 'ti not right - but what shall 1 lo?" 17. - Viftitalum and Covtbativzness. - [The lead is iininedi.ucly tlir.iwn back. ;md then torw;ird. the hartas cüáped, as in the act oí' pr.'iyer. in J ihen erked apart again.] Í-O. I want to n; , - bm I am innd with you all - O, I f'eel so nad. and ye' I wanr to worship " 18. IJupe. Joy, Vcncratioa ani Faitk. - [The íead wasslfghtly bent ('orward. andíbis hands clasped. ;is in devo'ion.] '(.).! am so hoppy! - 1 no hope ro be saved - yes, I believe in Jesús Cluist. O. I am perfectly happy - O, I am in íenven." &c. 19 Imi'.ution and Mirt.hfrlittfs - She itnrnelintely cbfti'nteric'ed inimicking diiièrent persons, wiih :m ini moderare fi; ol lausïhter; ¦n:l so ofthp öther Qi'gans, 1 eichcas'eit must be borne in muid, that the excitemeni vyas emoved frjúhi une orgáii before it wns extended o another. And these excitements. we should nld. are not natural, but. morbidj as in cases ol nsanjty; henee, they siioukl be attempted with he greitest caution, and oven then. only bv phyiei in , or tiróse familiar witn the nervouc sys(;m. and for ;he best of purposes; for we must epeat what we have stated. elsewhere, tjrat wc ïave known great misehief to follow attetrjpjs of iiis kind. when uüderlaken rnerely from motives f'curiosity.

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