SOUDIER3 CURED BY HYPNOTISM.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 June 1916, Page 3

SOUDIER3 CURED BY HYPNOTISM.

INTERESTING stories as to, the quring of injured soldiers by hynnqtisrq were related by ]Vfr Alex. Erskine at Smith, Memorial Hall, London. Men ?whq had been rendered blind, deaf, and speechless by shell shock, and others who were functionally paralysed had been instantly restored to their normal condition by hypnotic suggestion. He quoted the case of a driver in the R.F.A. who through shell shock became totally blind in September, 1914. He not qn|y lost h.is eyesight, but the sfyock caused the muscles whicl; controlled the movement of the ey.e balls to contract; his eyes were drawn upwards. Every possible me'thqd known failed to restore him until hypnosis was introduced. Then the muscles instantly relaxed and the position of the eyes b,eoame normal. By introducing a still dee.per. state of hypnosis he was able to se.e.. —London " Observer."

As Sergeant Larke patrolled the p,ark He heard two sneezes in the dark.' With staff gripped tight, he flashed his light " Rage ahf th'grass! Ye cooplc there; Yure ditli ay cowl'd yell get, f'r shure ! Gome ! Hurry home, ye love-sick pair, And both take Woods' Peppermint Cure."