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Hypnotism in surgery

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    Notes of a case of painless surgical operation performed while the patient was under the influence of mesmeric agency / by J. W. T. Johnstone.

    Johnstone, J. W. T. | Date: 1847
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    Mesmerism in India : and its practical application in surgery and medicine / by James Esdaile.

    Esdaile, James, 1808-1859. | Date: 1847
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    Mesmerism in India : and its practical application in surgery and medicine / by James Esdaile.

    Esdaile, James, 1808-1859. | Date: 1847
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    Painless removal of a female breast in the mesmeric trance : a visit to the Mesmeric Institute, 36, Weymouth Street, Portland Place / by Theodosius Purland, surgeon-dentist.

    Purland, Theodosius, 1805-1881. | Date: 1854
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    Vital magnetism: its power over disease : a statement of the facts developed by men who have employed this agent under various names, as animal magnetism, mesmerism, hypnotism, etc., from the earliest times down to the present / by Frederick T. Parson.

    Parson, Frederick T. | Date: 1877

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