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PowEB OF IMAaisATIon.-AtW Williams C. /
iege the other day, the Professor Of Chemistry,
while administering in the course of his lee
lures the Protoxide Of Nitrogen, or, a. il is
commonly called, Laughing Gas, in order to
ascertain how great an influence the imagi.
nation had in producing the effects conse-
quent on respiring il, secretly filled the Indian
rubber gas bag with common air instead Of
gas. II was taken without suspicion, and the
effects. if any thing. were more powerful than
upon those who had really breathed the pure
gas. One complained that il produced nausea
and dizziness; another Immediately manifested
pugilistic. Propensi,ies, and before he could be
restrained, tore into pieces the coat Of one Of
bysanders; while third exclaimed,


This is lfe-I never enjoyed it before
The laughter that followed the gaseous trick
may be imagined. Newport News.