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Complete Hypnotism
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491_9781636371412
CONTENTSINTRODUCTION—History of hypnotism—Mesmer—Puysegur—Braid—What is hypnotism?—Theories of hypnotism: 1. Animal magnetism; 2. The Neurosis Theory; 3. Suggestion TheoryCHAPTER I—How to Hypnotize—Dr. Cocke's method-Dr. Flint's method—The French method at Paris—At Nancy—The Hindoo silent method—How to wake a subject from hypnotic sleep—Frauds of public hypnotic entertainments.CHAPTER II—Amusing experiments—Hypnotizing on the stage—"You can't pull your hands apart!"—Post-hypnotic suggestion—The newsboy, the hunter, and the young man with the rag doll—A whip becomes hot iron—Courting a broom stick—The side-showCHAPTER III—The stages of hypnotism—Lethargy-Catalepsy—The somnambulistic stage—FascinationCHAPTER IV—How the subject feels under hypnotization—Dr. Cocke's experience—Effect of music—Dr. Alfred Warthin's experimentsCHAPTER V—Self hypnotization—How it may be done—An experience—Accountable for children's crusade—Oriental prophets self- hypnotizedCHAPTER VI—Simulation—Deception in hypnotism very common—Examples of Neuropathic deceit—Detecting simulation—Professional subjects—How Dr. Luys of the Charity Hospital at Paris was deceived—Impossibility of detecting deception in all cases—Confessions of a professional hypnotic subjectCHAPTER VII—Criminal suggestion—Laboratory crimes—Dr. Cocke's experiments showing criminal suggestion is not possible—Dr. William James' theory—A bad man cannot be made good, why expect to make a good man bad?CHAPTER VIII—Dangers in being hypnotized Condemnation of public performances—A commonsense view—Evidence furnished by Lafontaine; by Dr. Courmelles; by Dr. Hart; by Dr. Cocke—No danger in hypnot
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