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{{Style S-Small capitals|Mr. Atkinson’s}} letter is interesting; but I must question whether it has any bearing on the case described by me. I was not ignorant of the fact that local insensibility or relief can be induced by mesmerism, without loss of consciousness. But anæsthetics act directly on the brain, occasioning complete loss of (apparent) consciousness. Doubtless a particular nerve may be influenced without acting on the brain generally. But that is not the case with anaesthetics. Local insensibility, when these are used, is only the result of a general loss of consciousness; and the problem for which I sought a solution was how, when the brain had been paralysed by ether, any impression whatever could have been conveyed to the mind from without. My friend must have somehow or other known what was said, for on awaking he answered relevantly. It seemed, and still seems to me impossible that his brain should have been the medium of communication. I suggested one more subtle, yet not so subtle as to elude the vibrations by which sound is produced in a sentient being. It is a mere conjecture, and may well be a worthless one; but unless Mr. Atkinson tells me that ether or chloroform can be applied, like mesmerism, to produce partial insensibility only, I cannot think that his experience, and the facts he mentions, interesting and important as they are, have any application to the case. | |||
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