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The 19th century saw increasing interest from the medical establishment in applications of hypnosis. Récamier, in 1821, prior to the development of hypnotism, was the first physician known to have used something resembling hypnoanesthesia and operated on patients under mesmeric coma.
The author offers an important review for practitioners of hypnosis preparing to take diplomate board examinations. Clinicians will also be enabled to trace the evolution of clinical methods, principles, and techniques.
Hypnosis entered the 19th century as a fringe activity associated with quacks, and left it as a mainstream medical technique practised in respected hospitals and universities.
1 de oct. de 2013 · It was popularized by James Braid in the middle of the 19th century to designate a sleep-like, highly suggestible state based on induction and relaxation techniques [123].
James Braid (1795-1860) is a major figure in the history of hypnotism, so much so that he is often regarded as the “Father of Hypnosis”. Indeed, it could be argued that hypnosis as we know it today didn’t exist before Braid.
The modern era of hypnosis and hypnotherapy really begins with Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the Viennese physician who left the word “mesmerism” to posterity. For various reasons, he also gave hypnosis the rather unsalubrious reputation that still persists in some quarters today.
During the late nineteenth century, many British physicians rigorously experimented with hypnosis as a therapeutic practice. Despite mounting evidence attesting to its wide-ranging therapeutic uses publicised in the 1880s and 1890s, medical hypnosis remained highly controversial.
