Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy
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Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy

An Historical Synthesis

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eBook - PDF

Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy

An Historical Synthesis

About this book

Hypnotism, Hysteria, and Epilepsy: An Historical Synthesis focuses on processes, advancements, and applications of hypnotism and studies on hysteria and epilepsy. The publication first underscores the influence of Franz Anton Mesmer on the spread of hypnotism, as well as the contributions of John Hughlings Jackson on the study of epilepsy. The book also ponders on the use of magnetism in Paris hospitals and lucid somnambule. The text takes a look at the developments in hypnotism, epilepsy, and hysteria in Germany, including the influence of magnetism on the intellectual life of the country, the Odylic Force, and the use of magnetism on Friedericke Hauffe. The book also expounds on the transition from magnetism to hypnotism. Discussions focus on phrenomagnetism, animal experiments, famous somnambulists, occultism and spiritualism, increasing use of fraud, and decline of magnetism. Speech and command automatism and artificial hallucinations are also discussed. The publication is a valuable source of data for readers interested in the relationships of hypnotism, hysteria, and epilepsy.

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780433323211
eBook ISBN
9781483281209
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy: An Historical Synthesis
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. Chapter 1. Franz Anton Mesmer
  7. Chapter 2. 'Reflected like light and transmitted by sound'
  8. Chapter 3. 'A particular variety of epilepsy'
  9. Chapter 4. Magnetism in the Paris Hospitals
  10. Chapter 5. The lucid Somnambule
  11. Chapter 6. New Developments in Germany
  12. Chapter 7. Scandal at University College Hospital
  13. Chapter 8. From Magnetism to Hypnotism
  14. Chapter 9. The 'distemper named from the womb
  15. Chapter 10. Hypnotism at the Salpêtrière
  16. Chapter 11. Hypnotism in its Heyday
  17. Chapter 12. Experiments on Medical Men
  18. Chapter 13. The Nancy School of Hypnotism
  19. Chapter 14. 'Hypnotism is dead
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index

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