ACT IN OBOLI A

(Lat.), n. f. A?k(a®k)-ti2n-o-bo/li2-a®% Gr., dxtwoBodia (from axtıvoßokeiv, to send forth rays). Fr., act in obol is me, Ger., Strahlenwerfen. It., Sp., actinobolismo. Syn.: diradiatio. 1. Diradiation, irradiation; an old term for the proce by which “ the spirits ” eoaveyen! the impulses of the will to the various parts of the ly. [A,358.] 2. A term applied by Van Helmont to certain phenomena characterized by insensibility (constituting what is now called hypnotism), observed in 1646 by Kircher, in birds and other animals, as the result of their being made to look steadily at a brilliant object. [A, 314, 821.] Cf. MESMERISM and SYNCHYSIS.