Address delivered at the annual meeting of the Reading Pathological Society, on September 3rd, 1890, on hypnotism, its nature & its cause — 催眠術――その本質と原因

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Address delivered at the annual meeting of the Reading PathologicalSociety, on September 3rd, 1890, on hypnotism, its nature & its cause催眠術――その本質と原因リチャード・チャールズ・シェトル1890年Readin…

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原文 When I accepted the distinguished and honourable position of President of this Society

for a second year, I little knew what was before me, and how totally unable I should be toattend after November the Monthly Meetings of the Session. B00007｜原版スキャンp.5／原講演p.1｜原文…

原文 For my great defections in the past I must ask your kind forgiveness, and for the remarks

which I am about to make upon the nature and cause of Hypnotism, your equally kind andpatient consideration. B00009｜原版スキャンp.5／原講演p.1｜原文順0009｜R・C・シェトル講演本文［歴史的催眠・医学資料／現代医療の推奨ではあ…

原文 Hypnotism, as a somewhat old subject under a comparatively new name, has of late

awakened considerable attention; and I venture to think that any endeavour to explain itsphenomena will be of interest to the Medical profession, more especially if it tends to…

原文 This has been with me a subject of research for more than 25 years; but, although I had

published various papers in The Lancet, The Medico-Chirurgical Review, and elsewhere, thefirst decided advance was some experiments which I conducted upon the differences in th…

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differences of magnetic condition in the venous and arterial states of the blood.B00015｜原版スキャンp.7／原講演p.3｜原文順0015｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式、単位、数表、天文値は巻末の原版ページ画像を確認してください。

原文 Inasmuch as magnetic energy necessarily varies with the mass of matter containing it, so

the magnetic condition of various parts of the body must differ in proportion to the bloodsupply more especially. B00017｜原版スキャンp.7／原講演p.3｜原文順0017｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式…

原文 Elective affinity also varies in different tissues; thus we have the deposition of

calcareous matter in one part giving rise to osseous tissue, whilst nerve tissue seems to have aspecial selective power as to arsenic. B00019｜原版スキャンp.7／原講演p.3｜原文順0019｜R・C・シェトル…

原文 Again, my own experiments* showed that beyond the different magnetic conditions of

corpuscles and plasma of the blood, the very same corpuscles differed as to magnetic energyaccording as they were of arterial or venous character ; arterial corpuscles being mo…

原文 The fact is these lines of magnetic force as they pass away from the crust of the earth

provide a magnetic atmosphere; which, by the polarising influence it exerts upon all forms ofmatter even to the most minute condition in the form of atoms, must be productive o…

原文 Each form of matter when free to move acquires, under impressed force, a definite

description of motion or vibration.B00026｜原版スキャンp.8／原講演p.4｜原文順0026｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式、単位、数表、天文値は巻末の原版ページ画像を確認してください。

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maintained, but increased by the mechanical motion as well as by the magnetic energy of theblood. B00027｜原版スキャンp.8／原講演p.4｜原文順0027｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式、単位、数表、天文値は巻末の原版ペ…

原文 * I venture to think that by thus tracing the existence of animal life to the influence

which atoms of matter exert upon impressed force, the strongest evidence is given not only ofthe wisdom of the Creator in the formation of the atoms, but of the constant exerci…

原文 We know that two at least of the organs of sense are constructed for the purpose of

receiving vibrations, viz., the eye and the ear; and that the retina is specially adapted to detectvibrations of light, for light may be perceived in the closed eye when subjec…

原文 (II.) The physical nature of the action of the Will of one individual upon the Will of

another.B00032｜原版スキャンp.9／原講演p.5｜原文順0032｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式、単位、数表、天文値は巻末の原版ページ画像を確認してください。［歴史的催眠・医学資料／現代医療の推奨ではありません］催眠現象の説明はいずれも、神経系への作用または神経系の作用に関係します。

原文 We naturally ask how fear is produced in one person by the mere appearance of another?

How a feeling of confidence or pleasure is experienced when another person appears or ispresent ? In such cases an old experience may be recalled, memory may be exercised. Thus…

原文 Must not the cause be more physical than psychical ? If so, what force more subtle or

all-pervading than that of Magnetism? producing a polarity through the directive influence ofthe material atoms, and, for the time being, inducing a state of things in which th…

原文 Hence Hypnotism, so called, is only an exaggerated and artificial mode of using the natural

powers of the Will in relation to a particular degree of sensitiveness (or special power ofperception) with phenomenal results. B00038｜原版スキャンp.10／原講演p.6｜原文順0038｜R・C・シェトル講演本文［歴…

原文 Doubtless there exist a large number of the thinking portion of the community,

non-medical as well as medical, who are adverse to anything which pertains to AnimalMagnetism. The bare mention of the phrase has been sufficient to condemn any investigations …

原文 Let me now briefly recapitulate some important points as worthy of careful

consideration.B00042｜原版スキャンp.11／原講演p.7｜原文順0042｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式、単位、数表、天文値は巻末の原版ページ画像を確認してください。

原文 (iii.) All the mental as well as the bodily powers and phenomena are especially associated

with changes in the molecular, and therefore in the magnetic states of matter; in fact, nomolecular action can occur without change of magnetic polarity. B00045｜原版スキャンp.11／原講演…

原文 (vi.) In each individual every action of a muscle in the utterance of a word, or in the

movement of a part of the body, as well as every mental conception, is attended with a certainamount of vibratory motion, in proportion to the work involved in the action, the …

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that the polarity is reversed as the state of inactivity gives place to activity, and vice versa;and I wish to call special attention to these experiments as they very strongly…

原文 (ii.) That the extent of polar changes varies with every expression of the Will, i.e., with

each action of a nerve or muscle: and this latter follows from the laws of magnetism.B00052｜原版スキャンp.12／原講演p.8｜原文順0052｜R・C・シェトル講演本文原版記号・OCR転写を要照合：数式、単位、数表、天文値は巻末の原版ページ画像を確認してくだ…

原文 Before bringing my remarks to a conclusion, let me show how, by reference to these most

natural all-pervading causes and principles of action, the leading phenomena of Hypnotism maybe explained ; these can be summarised as B00054｜原版スキャンp.12／原講演p.8｜原文順0054｜R・C・シェトル…

原文 In conclusion, in accordance with the plan I laid down at the commencement of this paper, I

venture to hope that I have made clear to you —B00061｜原版スキャンp.13／原講演p.9｜原文順0061｜R・C・シェトル講演本文［歴史的催眠・医学資料／現代医療の推奨ではありません］（I）動物の生命を維持する力の物理的性質。

原文 I have said perfection of the mechanism, for I can find no other words which are at all

adequate to express the principle involved. In proof of this I would direct attention to the wellknown fact that the magnetic force is not really a polar force in itself, but t…

原文 Surely, when we recognise these great principles, and that they involve all action of the

mind and will, as well as the health of the body in general, we, as custodians of the publichealth, are especially called upon to exercise our wills in such a manner that all t…