Hypnotic and post-hypnotic appreciation of time : secondary and muliplex personalities / by J. Milne Bramwell.

  • Bramwell, J. Milne (John Milne), 1852-
Date:
1900
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    after a further calculation, Five and a half hours. Finally, Five and three quarter hours. Delbceuf asked J. to explain the last calculation to him. She replied : This makes five and a half hours plus 3 times 10, which makes five and a half hours exactly. Delbceuf tried to help J. as follows :— How much is 60 + 60 ? Answer, 120 minutes. 120 + 60 ? A. 180 minutes. 180 + 60? Answer, after a long hesitation, 240 minutes. 240 -f- 60? A. 290 minutes. J. had spent ten minutes over attempting to solve the last problem and showed great signs of fatigue. Delbceuf did not consider it necessary to push the questions further. It is to be noted that M. was a somewhat better arithmetician than J., and that, in the experi- ments referred to, her results were more accurate than J.'s. Further Time Experiments. The following were inspired by Delbceuf's, and the results were so remarkable that I feel justified in giving as many details as possible, in order to present a fairly com- plete picture of the subject of the experiments, and of the circumstances imder which they were carried out:— Miss A., aged 19, was sent to me by Dr. de Watteville for hypnotic treatment, on Sept. 2, 1895. Her health had been good up to twelve months previously, when violent muscular tremor of the right arm and hand commenced. After a few weeks this spread to the right leg, and then to the left arm and leg; the tremor ceased during sleep, but only then, while walking was always difficult and painful. There was almost constant diffused headache. During the last four months, there had been frequent al Lacks of pain in the region of the heart. After the patient had looked at a bright object—especially anything blue—everything else appeared of that colour; this impression persisted for about an hour, while its disappearance was always sudden and accompanied by a feeling of faintness. Menstruation began at 11, and was always painful, and there had been obstinate con- stipation from infancy. Her illness began after over-exertion and mental strain, the result of nursing a relative who died. There had been no previous hysterical symptoms and the family history was good. Treatment.—Electricity, massage, careful drugging and change of air. Result.—No improvement.