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Spiritism, Hypnotism and Telepathy As Involved in the Case of Mrs ; BF I I, I SOI. r I <• f, *: I - Class _BE_VV&3 Book_ i&SjL fopflifitaN?_.. COPYRIGHT DEPOSfT. Spiritism, Hypnotism and Telepathy AS INVOLVED INvTHB CASE OF Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of Psychical Research, BY Clark Bell, Esq., LL. D. PRESIDENT MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY. ^ AND THE DISCUSSION Before the New York Medico- Legal Society and its Psy- chological Section, BY THOMSON JAY HUDSON, LL. D. JOHN DUNCAN QUACKENBOS, M. D. * JUDGE ABRAM H. DAILEY, CLARK BELL, ESQ., LL. D. HON. LUTHER R. MARSH, H. C. WRIGHT, ESQ. ELEANOR GRIDLEY, T. D. CROTHERS, M. D. ALEXANDER WILDER, M. D. WM. LEE HOWARD, M. D. PROF. W. XAVIER SUDDUTH, MRS. MARY A. LEASE, REV. J. MINOT SAVAGE, M. LOUISE THOMAS, RICHARD HODGSON, LL. D. PROF. J. H. HYSLOP, REV. GEO. H. HEPWORTH, C. VAN D. CHENOWETH, LEONORA E. PIPER, F. E. DANIEL, M. D., AND OTHERS. 1902. PUBLISHED BY MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL, 39 BROADWAY, N. Y. Copyrieht, 1902, with all rights reserved, by Clark Bell, Esq. Spiritism, Hypnotism and Telepathy AS INVOLVED IN THE CASE OF V* 3 Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of Psychical Research, BY Clark Bell, Esq., LL, D. PRESIDENT MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY. AND THE DISCUSSION Before the New York Medico-Legal Society and its Psy- chological Section, BY THOMSON JAY HUDSON, LL. D. JOHN DUNCAN QUACKENBOS, M. D. JUDGE ABRAM H. DAILEY, CLARK BELL, ESQ., LL. D. • r HON. LUTHER R. MARSH, > H. C. WRIGHT, ESQ. ELEANOR GRIDLEY, T. D. CROTHERS, M. D. ALEXANDER WILDER, M. D. WM. LEE HOWARD, M. D. PROF. W. XAVIER SUDDUTH, MRS. MARY A. LEASE, REV. J. MINOT SAVAGE, M. LOUISE THOMAS, RICHARD HODGSON, LL. D. PROF. J. H. HYSLOP, REV. GEO. H. HEPWORTH, C. VAN D. CHENOWETH, LEONORA E. PIPER, F. E. DANIEL, M. D., AND OTHERS. 1902. PUBLISHED BY MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL, 39 BROADWAY, N. Y. Copyright, 1902, with all rights reserved, by Clark Bell, Esq. • . RV OF sGRESS, )902 V.OHT ENTRY o^XXo. NO COPY B. •i < ••••••• •••• » • : i" ,•• * •• • •• •* ••• ., • • ' • • • • • • » • PREFACE. The questions involved in the discussion of the statement made by Mrs. Leonora E. Piper, as published in the New York Herald, October 20th, 1901, seem to have aroused a great interest in the public mind. It is quite needless to say that it created a profound sensation. In the Psychological Section of the Medico-Legal Society, especially; composed of students of psychological study of all schools of thought, and containing on its roll^ of members those who denied the immortality of the soul, those who be- lieved in what is known as modern spiritism, as well as those who denied it, the statement of Mrs. Piper awakened a very great interest. The whole incident was full of interest, and that it came up for discussion was of course most natural. The Psychological Section in joint session with the Med- ico-Legal Society, devoted two long extended sessions to the discussion of the subject, the December meeting of 1901, and the February meeting of 1902. The call for this discussion, came from all parts of our coun- try and from abroad, and it was such a call as could not well be ignored. The opening discussion at the December meeting received a very extended notice in the public press, confined to a part of the papers read at that meeting, which were published in the December number of the Medico-Legal Journal, delayed so as to embrace them. The remaining papers appeared in the March number of that Journal, and this work will embrace them all in one small volume. The authors have consented in nearly every case that their portraits might appear in the work, and the editor and pub- lisher has embraced them so far as he has been able to do so. It is hoped that the contributions made will be of interest to the students of psychology, as well in the Medico-Legal Society and the Psychological Section as outside of both, and reach a wider circle than the subscribers of the Medico-Legal Journal. The thanks of the author and of the Medico-Legal So- ciety and its Psychological Section are due to the New York Herald, for its courtesy in permitting the publication from its columns of the statement, and from other of its issues on the subject, and for the courtesy of the loan of the electros. Also to Harper Brothers, for some part of Dr. Quackenbos arti- cle, which contained extracts from their published writings by this author, protected by their copy right. Also to Ains- lee's Magazine for its consent to use the article of Dr. J. Minot Savage from its columns, on which they had protected rights. The press is proverbially courteous, and has been especial- ly so in this instance. C. B. New York, June i, 1902. INDEX TO CONTENTS. Introductory ... Opening Paper by Clark Bell, Esq., LL. D., of New York 1 Spiritism and Mrs. Leonora E. Piper by Thomson J. Hudson, Pb. D., LL. D., of Detroit, Michigan 4 The Mutual Relation in Hypnotism, and its Bearing on Telepathic and and Spiritistic Communication by John Duncan Quackenbos, M. D., of New York City 21 Telepathy and Mrs. Piper by. Clark Bell, Esq., LL. D., of New York. 35 Spiritism and Mrs. Leonora E. Piper, and Dr. Thomson J. Hudson's Theories in Regard to It by Ex-Judge Abram H. Dailey, Ex- President of the Medico-Legal Socieiy of New York 47 Spiritism, Telepathy and Mrs. Piper by Hon. Luther R. Marsh, of Middletown, New York 75 Spiritism, Telepathy and Mrs. Piper by H. C. Wright, Editor of Eltka, of Corry, Pa 77 Psychic Phenomena. Spirit Communication vs. Mental Telepathy by Eleanor Gridley, of Chicago 79 Spiritism, Telepathy, Hypnotism and the case of Mrs. Piper by T. D. Crothers, M. D., of Hartford, Connecticut, Vice President Medico- Legal Society 85 Telepathy, Spiritism, Hypnotism and the case of Mrs. Leonora E. Piper by Alexander Wilder, M. D., of Newark, N. J 87 Spiritism and Mrs. Leonora Piper by Dr. William Lee Howard, of Baltimore, Md 94 Thought Transference versus spiritism as an Explanation of many so called Spiritistic Phenomena by Prof. W. Xavier Sudduth, A. M., M. D., Fellow of the Chicago Academy of Medicine 97 Telepathy, Spiritism and Mrs. Piper by Mary Elizabeth Lease 103 Possibilities by Rev. George H. Hepworth, of New York 106 Spiritism and Mrs. Piper by Richard Hodgson, LL. D., of Boston, Mass. 108 Telepathy, Hypnotism, Spiritism and Mrs. Piper by Mrs. M. Louise Thomas 113 Results of Psychical Research by Rev. Minot J. Savage, D. D 114 Spiritism and Mrs. Leonora E. Piper by Prof. J. H. Hyslop 136 Spiritism and Telepathy by C. Van D. Chenoweth, of Worcester, Mass. 138 Mrs. Piper's Plain Statement as published in the New York Herald. 140 Prof. Wm. James, of Howard, as published in the New York Herald 150 William S. Walsh, Esq., as published in the New York Hearld. 151 Dr. F. Wallace Patch, of the Massachusetts General Hospital, as published in the New York Herald 152 Natural or Supernatural? "Spirits" or Telepathy? by F. E. Daniel, M. D., Austin, Texas, Vice-Chairman, Section Psychology, Medico-Legal Society, &c 154 Conclusion and Summing Up of the Discussion by Thomson Jay Hudson, Ph. D., LL. D .163 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of Clark Bell, Esq., LL. D 1 " Thomson J. Hudson, Ph. D., LL. D 5 " Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos .... 20 Ex-Judge Abram H. Dailey 46 " Hon. Luther R. Marsh 70 H. C. Wright, Esq 76 " Eleanor Gridley 78 T. D. Crothers, M. D 84 Alexander Wilder, M. D 88 Dr. William Lee Howard 95 Prof. W. Xavier Sudduth, A. M., M. D 96 " Mary Elizabeth Lease 102 " Rev. George H. Hepworth 107 Richard Hodgson, LL. D. 109 " Mrs. M. Louise Thomas 112 " Rev. Minot J. Savage, D. D 115 Prof. J. H. Hyslop 137 C. Van D. Chenoweth 139 " Mrs. Leonora E. Piper 141 " F. E. Daniel, M. D 155 CLARK BELL. ESQ.. LL. D.. OF NEW YORK. President Medico-Legal Society of New York, Secretary and Treasurer of the American Congress of Tuberculosis SPIRITISM, HYPNOTISM, TELEPATHY AND MRS. LEONORA E. PIPER. BY CLARK BELL, ESQ., LL. D., OF NEW YORK CITY. The publication in the New York Sunday Herald of Octo- ber 20th, 1 90 1, of an extended written statement made by Mrs. Leonora E. Piper regarding her relation to the Society for Psychical Research and particularly declaring that in her relation to that body as a medium for so many years, she was of the opinion that the phenomena, so far as she could un- derstand it, was due to causes allied to telepathy and hypno- tism rather than to the influence of the so-called spirits of deceased persons; created a lively interest and deep feeling among the students of psychology and modern spiritism, to the study of which many members of the Psychological Sec- tion of the Medico-Legal Society had devoted much atten- tion. The scientific world had regarded the labors of the Societv of Psychical Research on both sides the Atlantic with deep interest, and the persistency and courage, with which this body had pursued its labors, the character and high standing of the men, who had its work in charge, and the fairness, which had characterized its work and publications, had given- great prominence to the evidence it had collected and pub- lished on many subjects. As a body the Society of Psychical Research was not understood to have accepted the phenom- ena, known as modern spiritualism, and while it was known that many who had such opinions were on its roll of member- ship, it was in the early days, at least, not regarded other than a purely scientific body, without any avowed opinions on these subjects, courageously pursuing the study along scien- tific lines of all the phenomena, and under favorable condi- tions and by impartial and unprejudiced observers.
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