Hypnotism : its history, practice and theory / by J. Milne Bramwell.

  • John Milne Bramwell
Date:
1906
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    X’s views, 429. Cases of harm reported by X, 430. Objections to his statements, 430. Instances of alleged evil results of hypnotic practice generally nothing but cases of delusional insanity, 431. CHAPTER XIY. Summary and Conclusion . .... Historical:—Elliotson, Esdaile, Braid, and Liebeault, 433. Methods of inducing Hypnosis, Susceptibility, etc., 434. The Experimental Phenomena of Hypnosis, 435. Hypnotism in Medicine, 435 :—Hypno- tism simply a branch of Medicine, 435. Its value in functional nervous disorders, 435. Facts to be considered in estimation of hypnotic results, 436. The true object of all hypnotic treatment, 436. The so-called Dangers of Hypnotism, 436 :—Experimental cases not followed by bad effects, 436. Luys’ experiments, 437. Hypnotic Theories, 437 :—The Salpetriere School, 437. Inhibitory theories, 437. The subliminal consciousness theory, 437. Its connection with Braid’s latest theory, 437. Reasons for doubting the existence of two or more distinct personalities in the same individual, 438. Difficulty of explaining the hypnotic state, 439. The future of hypnotism, 439. CHAPTER XV. References ........... French : From the Revue de VHypnotisme, 440. French Books and Pamphlets, 447. German : From the Zeitschrift fur Hypnotismus, 450. German Books and Pamphlets, 453. English References, 454. List of Esdaile’s Works, 456. List of Braid’s Works. 460. List of References to Braid or to his Work, 463. APPENDIX. (A) James Braid Independent account of the origin of Braid’s researches, by the late Dr. Williamson, formerly Professor of Natural History at Owens College, Manchester, 465. (B) Spiritualism, Clairvoyance, Telepathy . . . . Spiritualism and the Society for Psychical Research, 467. Dr. Hodgson and the Mahatmas, 468. Evil effects of spiritualistic stances, 468. Clairvoyance : those who believe in its existence may be divided into two groups :—(1) Those who are the victims of self-deception, 468. (2) PAGE 433 440 465 467