A state of increased receptivity to suggestion and direction

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Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière : service de M. Charcot / par Bourneville et P. Regnard.

The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.

M0013879: Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient

A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.

Mesmerism in 1845.

Hypnosis in medicine / A. Philip Magonet.

Psychology applied to medicine ; introductory studies / by David W. Wells.

The healing voice : treatment by hypnosis / A. Philip Magonet.

Hypnosis in health and sickness / Gordon Ambrose and George Newbold.

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Hypnosis

Images from the collections

Images about Hypnosis

Works from the collections

Mesmerism in 1845.

Hypnosis in medicine / A. Philip Magonet.

Psychology applied to medicine ; introductory studies / by David W. Wells.

The healing voice : treatment by hypnosis / A. Philip Magonet.

Hypnosis in health and sickness / Gordon Ambrose and George Newbold.

Hypnosis

Images from the collections

Images about Hypnosis

Works from the collections

Mesmerism in 1845.

Hypnosis in medicine / A. Philip Magonet.

Psychology applied to medicine ; introductory studies / by David W. Wells.

The healing voice : treatment by hypnosis / A. Philip Magonet.

Hypnosis in health and sickness / Gordon Ambrose and George Newbold.

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