THE STAGES OF HYPNOTISM

We have just given some of the amusing experiments that may be performed with subjects in one of the minor stages of hypnotism.

He recognized three distinct stages--lethargy, catalepsy and somnambulism. There is also a condition of extreme lethargy, a sort of trance state, that lasts for days and even weeks, and, indeed, has been known to last for years.There is also a lighter phase than somnambulism, that is called fascination. Some doctors, however, place it between catalepsy and somnambulism. Each of these hypnotic stages is marked by quite distinct phenomena. We give them as described by a pupil of Dr. Charcot.