From Penn. Inquirer.
EXPERIMENTS IN PHRENO-MAGNETISM
An Extraordinary Case.
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Not long since some curious experiments were
performed by Buchanan, Of LOUISVILLE through
the egencv of what is called Phreno-M agne tisFn.
or the application of Mesmerlsm TO the different
organs of the brain. developed on the cranlun,
according to chronological principles. The ac-
counts of these experiments, which appeared IN
the Louisville papers, were copied into various
journals throughou the country, were rldiculed


as impos,ures in nine cases out OF ten, although
thew did not escape the notice OF all believers IN


Animal Magnetism aud Phrenology. The res


pectabitv of DIR. Buchanan was nevertheless
vouched for and in one or two cases witnesses
were adduced TO prove the authenticity of the de
tails. The public mind, moreover, was some>
what excited at the time IN relatIou TO Mesmer-
ism. and thus few of our citizens. among them
one or two physicians were induced to notice the
prominent points more particularly. and TO make
observaons in the of their exper ence, cal
culated either 10 explode the errors or 10 verify


the truth of the statements. One OF these. a
gentleman of the highest standing. professional u
private. in this community, had MS attention
drawn 10 aa especial manner to the case OF the
boy who was unwell, who was liable to the Mes
merle sleep. so-caIled. and when IN his sleep. de-
veloped moral emotions and physical signs, when


the finger of the operator was applied 10 the phre-
nal developments on his cranIum. ana win an
accuracy truly wonderful. The result startled
the phvslcian himself. He had bnt lltte faith
in chronology at the time. although he had seen
numerous instances Of sleep produced through
the influence of animal magnetism ihe case of
the bov however impaired additional interest to
the suhiect-he noticed it to al intelligent TREND,
and 10 connection with that friend commenced
series of experiments The results here, were
still more astounding. Indeed, so much incredu-
liiy had been expressed by medIcai and scient'Hc
men with regard TO mesmerlsrp, lis professors
were ridicued aud laughed at so generally, eha'