Psycho-therapeutics, or, treatment by hypnotism and suggestion.
- Charles Lloyd Tuckey
- Date:
- 1890
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Credit: Psycho-therapeutics, or, treatment by hypnotism and suggestion. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![hour, during which time she] sneezed about forty times, and discharged copiously from the eyes. In addition to this, for a few days she had suffered from pain after eating, flatulence, and constipation. She was hypnotized and at once fell into a profound sleep (Liebeault's sixth stage). Her nose was rubbed, and the suggestion made that she should sneeze no more. The stomach was also rubbed, and the suggestion made for the regulation of the digestive functions. There was no need to repeat the operation, for the paroxysmal sneezing ceased forthwith, and the digestion became easy and painless. There has been no relapse. Case 9.—Chronic Constipation. Mr. H , aged 39, solicitor, of lymphatic tempera- ment, consulted me in May, 1889, for constipation. He had led a very sedentary life, and was in the habit of taking a good deal of opening medicine. His appetite was capricious and his tongue furred. He was hypnotized and rapidly fell into the third stage. The abdomen was well rubbed and a regular motion suggested daily after breakfast. The treatment was almost immediately beneficial, and six operations sufficed to establish a regular after-breakfast habit of relief.' Case 10.—Supra-orbital Neuralgia. E. H , a stockbroker's clerk, aged 21, came to me in July suffering from neuralgia of ten days' duration. The pain came on in paroxysms which were worse at night, and it was chiefly felt over the right eye, where there was extreme tenderness. But the pain radiated over the anterior part of the head, and sometimes affected the eyes. He was out of health generally and very depressed. He fell into the second degree of hypnosis, and the treat- ment consisted in rubbing and suggestions. He was allowed to remain in a drowsy state for half an hour, and was then aroused. He said he felt much better, and he passed a fairly good-night. Three operations effected a complete cure. It was his first attack of the kind.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21454565_0156.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
