By Suggestion
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THE SUGGESTION SENT
“It is not really true?”
“Absolutely.”
“Do you mean to say that when she reads that note which you are now scribbling she will at once pass into an hypnotic trance?”
“That is precisely what I mean. Her name is Carr, Jessie Carr. I shall put this note into an envelope; I shall send it round by my boy, and when she opens it and reads it she will be hypnotised. We call it hypnotism by suggestion.”
“And, pray, what is the object?”
“Merely experimental. Several men will be present who are inquiring into that sort of thing. The note will be delivered in their presence; they will watch what happens, and will then proceed to test for results.”
“I should like to be the young woman.”
“The physical conditions which permit of such experiments are much
