(1) ACCOUCHEMENT DANS L’HYPNOTISME. By _Dr. Fraipont_ and _M.
J. Delbœuf_. (2) ACCOUCHEMENT PENDANT LE SOMMEIL HYPNOTIQUE.
By _Dr. M. G. Kingsbury_. (3) MEMOIRE RELATIF A CERTAINES
RADIATIONS PERQUES PAR LESSENSITIFS. By _Baron de Reichembach_.
(4) DISCUSSIONS ET POLEMIQUE: La Nutrition dans l’hypnotisme.
By _Gilles de la Tourette_ and _H. Cathelineau_. (5) RECUEIL
DE FAITS: Contribution à l’application de la thérapeutique
suggestive. By _Dr. P. Van Velsen_. Huit observations
d’accouchement sans douleur sous l’influence de l’hypnotisme.
By _Dr. Marie Dobrovosky_. REVUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE.
Dr. Fraipont terminates his interesting memoir with the remark that
save under very exceptional circumstances, as when the subject is very
sensitive or has before suffered a sort of trance, hypnotism can
scarcely have any practical importance in accouchment. M. Delbœuf refers
in a postscript to the case of a patient described in his writings by the
initial J..., and states that her accouchment confirms him in his view of
the rôle of the brain, which he regards as a moderating and inhibiting
organ, and consequently in the opinion expressed by him in the _Revue
Philosophique_ as to the essence of freedom, which he regards as having
an arresting and not an inciting effect.
MM. de la Fourette and Cathelineau confirm the conclusion drawn from
researches made by them for Professor Charcot, that nutrition is affected
during the hypnotic sleep, and therefore that hypnotism is a pathological
condition. (Paris: 170 Rue Saint-Antoine.)
PHILOSOPHISCHE MONATSHEFTE. Vol. XXVII. Nos. 9 and 10.