BUCHANAN’S
JOURNAL OF MAN.

Vol. I.

JULY, 1887.

No. 6.


Magnetic Education and Therapeutics.

EXTRACTS FROM AN ESSAY BY DR. CHARLES DU PREL, INSPHINX, TRANSLATED FOR THE JOURNAL OF MAN.

In the Wiener Allgemeiner I spoke of the possibility of moraleducation by means of magnetism, which has been carried out.” * * *

“Dr. Bernheim, a Professor of the Medical Faculty in Nancy whois a champion of hypnotism has written a book on ‘Suggestion andits Application in Therapeutics,’ in which a great many hypnoticcures are recorded.”


“Dr. —— quotes Franklin against magnetism but Sprengel in hisPharmacology says ‘Franklin, sickly as he was, took no part whateverin the investigation.’ The Academy again investigated(1825-31) somnambulism, discovered by Puysegur, Mesmer’sscholar. In their report of two year’s investigation, eleven M. D.’sunanimously pronounced in favor of all important phenomenaascribed to somnambulism. A fairly complete synopsis of theirreport will be found in my ‘Philosophy of Mystics.’”


“Du Potet first studied medicine, but disgusted by the poor resultsof Pharmacology he embraced magnetism. He performed a seriesof mesmeric experiments in the Hotel Dieu of so potent a naturethat twenty M. D.’s of that celebrated hospital signed the minutes ofthese proceedings. People ran after Du Potet, pointing at him andcrying ‘The man who cures.’”


“The respect for medical therapeutics never has been at as low anebb as just now. The public cannot be blamed for this lack ofrespect, for they have daily experiences of the ill resultsof medicine. Even high medical authorities are of the opinion thatwe have to-day a disintegration of medical principles worse than ever.More uncertain than therapeutics is the manner of diagnosing to-day!The public is well aware that each doctor has somethingdifferent to say or prescribe. I have a personal case in point. Duringeighteen months I consulted seven different doctors, and got sevendifferent contrary diagnoses as well as

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