Medical Hypnosis (1901)

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1901. Partial Contents: Science of Hypnotism; Instructions for Testing Subjects; Inducing Hypnotic Sleep; Fascination; Celebrated Table Method; Stage Hypnotism; Lock Method; Nancy Method; Favorite Method for Physicians; Hypnotizing by Rotating Mirror; Post-Hypnotic Suggestion; Anesthesia; Cataleptic or Rigid State; Lethargy or Death Trance; Clairvoyant or Second Sight; Self-Induced; By Telegraph, Telephone or Mail; People Hypnotized against their Will; Instantly Hypnotized;Different Stages; How to Awaken; Treatment by Suggestion; Hypnotism and Medicine; Hypnotism and Crime; Hypnotizing Animals.

Science of Hypnotism

Introduction

Hypnotism and Mesmerism, Its History

Brief Sketch of the Life of Friedrich Anton Mesmer

Discovery of Animal Magnetism

Mesmer's Passes

Hypnotism a Psychological Condition

Definition of Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Animal, or Personal, Magnetism

Terms Used

(5)

Instructions for Testing Subjects

Who Is Susceptible to Hypnotism

Who Make Good Subjects

Concentration Necessary

Favorite Methods

Hand and Eye Test

Breaking the Influence

Drawing Test

Difficult Subjects

Vain Struggle

Condition of Mind to Entertain and Maintain While Hypnotizing

(4)

For Inducing Hypnotic Sleep

Method One

Disturbing Influence

Undue Nervousness

Precautions Necessary

Precautions Indispensable

Constant Suggestions

Suggested Catalepsy

Reversing Passes

Somnambulism

Changed Personality

Variety of Delusions

Picking Beautiful Flowers

Speech to an Imaginary Audience

Imagination and Descriptive Powers of the Hypnotist

(5)

Fascination

Method Two

Magnetic Personality Used

The Vacant Stare

Involuntary Hypnosis

Personal Magnetism

Trance-like Stare

Personal Element of the Operator

Individuality Suppressed

Intense Brilliancy

Insane Patients

Intractable Mental Conditions

Obstinate Subjects

Natural Sequence of Events

Inhibitary Influence

Extremely Fatiguing

Imitation

Verbal Suggestion

Favorite Tricks of Mesmerists

Mystery of Their Performance

Hypnotic Memory

Favorite Tricks

Eyes Open During Hypnosis

(4)

The Celebrated Table Method

Method Three

Parties and Social Gatherings

Frantic Efforts

Perfect Concentration

Roars of Laughter

Completely Fascinated

Symptoms and Final Induction

Verbal Suggestions

Deliberate and Positive

Eyelids Close Spontaneously

Operator Firm and Confident

Sleep Suggestions

Suggested Catalepsy

Degree of Hypnosis Ascertained

Arm and Leg Cataleptic

Rubber Nose

Red-Hot Chair

Variety of Delusions

Anaesthesia and Cataleptic Tests

(4)

Stage Hypnotism

Method Four

Hypnotic Entertainment

Individual Application

Public Exhibition

Imaginary Bees

Red-Hot Stoves

Rocking a Baby

Scolding and Spanking

Chicken Fight

Cake Walk

Mr. Rastus from Kansas

Mr. Rube

The Dead Black Circle

Hat-Pin and Needle Test

The Hindoo Sleep

Cataleptic Test

Closing Scene

Ladies Upon the Stage

Ungentlemanly Actions

Vulgar Talk

Show, Fast and Fierce

Demonstrations Positive

Boisterous

Addressing the Audience

Pretender or Professional Fakir

(6)

The Lock Method

Method Five

Mysterious

Never Before Given to the Public

Bolted Doors

Painful Positions

Psychic Forces

Mind Upon Matter

(2)

The Famous Nancy Method

Method Six

Monotonous Tones

Final Hypnosis

Fixation of Gaze

Convergent Strabismus

University of Nancy, France

Diverges from the Normal

Suggested Catalepsy and Somnambulism

Operator's Fingers

(2)

Favorite Method for Physicians

Method Seven

Details of Treatment

Concentration

Verbal Suggestion

Passes

Fixed Attention

Mesmeric Sleep

Various Methods

Unpleasant Complications

Practitioners of Therapeutic Suggestion

Degree of Success

Disturbing Influences

Physical Assistance

Bright Coin

Favorable Conditions

Enforced Restraint

Artificial Light

Details

First Induction

Experienced Hypnotist

Respiratory Rhythm

Accurate Perceptions

Characteristic Reaction

Gradual Resumption of Hypnosis

Final Hypnosis

Hypnosis Deepened

Deep Breathing

Deep Stages

Absolute Control

Physical and Mental Conditions Corrected

Repellant Suggestion

Suggestion and Fact, Fact and Suggestion

Permanent Impression

Fear and Anxiety

Suggestions Judiciously Given

Beneficial Effect

(6)

Hypnotizing by Rotating Mirror

Method Eight

Rotating Mirror as Used in Hospitals

Four Small Mirrors

Hypnotized at Once

Curious Little Instrument

The Famous Charcot Clinic

Revolving Disc

The Dead Black Segments

Eyes Thrown Out of Focus

Silent Motion

Necessary Degree of Concentration

Mind Momentarily Emptied

Highly Susceptible to Suggestion

The Induction of Hypnosis

Concentration and Fixation of Gaze

Firm and Confident Manner

Sleep Suggestion

Psychological Condition

Suggested Catalepsy

Somnambulism

(2)

Post-Hypnotic Suggestions

Interesting Phenomena

Designated Place, Time or Date

No Knowledge of Realization

Cigarette Fiends Cured by Post-Hypnotic Suggestions

Drunkards Cured

Strange Hypnotic Power

Altered Personality

Indelibly Impressed

Good Results

Deferred Action of Suggestion

Action Deferred for Hours, Days and Months

Appearance of Hallucination

Addresses by President McKinley

Profound Obeisance

Summer Dress and Ice-Cream on Christmas Day

Deferred Suggestions

No Recollection

Specified Act or Word

Unaccountable Impulse

(5)

Anaesthesia, How Produced

Suspended Animation

Complete Anaesthesia

Positive Suggestions

Hat-Pin and Needle Tests

Public Demonstrations

Singing with Sewed Tongues

Minute Inspection Allowed

Antiseptic Solution

Insensible to Pain

Convincing Manner

Fraud or Simulation

(3)

Cataleptic or Rigid State

Marvelous Demonstrations

Wonderful Weight Sustained

Stone-Breaking Tests

Handling the Sledge

Intense Concentration

Caution Necessary

(2)

Lethargy or Death Trance

Dangers of the Lethargic or Independent State

Induced Somnambulism

Bishop, the Mind Reader

Unmistakable Signs of Life

Profound Trance

Counterfeits Death

Living Interments

Suspended Animation

Lethargic Sleep

Corpse-like Body

Life Departed

Death Trance

Degree of Lethargy

Suicide by Morphine

An Opened Coffin

Clenched Hands

Death's Struggle

Death's Agony

Lethargy or Death Trance, of from Three to Six Months' Duration

Coagulation and Decomposition

Analogous Cases

Death Trance Induced by Auto-Suggestion

Unconscious and Unaffected

Trance of an Hysterical or Hypnotic Origin

(4)

Clairvoyant or Second Sight

Seeing at a Distance

Stolen Articles Found

Murders and Thieves

Suspension of Physical Scenes

Lifeless Body

Independent Action of the Mind

Mediating Sense Organs

Clairvoyant Phenomena

Ability of Clairvoyant Subjects

Psychic Organism

No Possibility of Fraud

Severe Tests

Deepest Stages Best

Hindoos of India

Accurate Account of Distant Batties

Occult Phenomena

Intellectual Advancement

Mind Invisible and Immaterial

(5)

Hypnosis Self-Induced

Human Possibilities

Material and Immaterial Forces

Occult Phenomena

Natural Laws

Voluntary Hypnosis

Dormant Powers

Auto-Suggestion

Removing Pain

Power of Suggestion Over Disease

Vital Forces

Recorded Results

Apparent Death

Self-Hypnotization

India Fakirs in the Far East

Famous Holy Man

Sealed Coffin

Revived After Six Weeks' Apparent Death

The Skeptical Rajah

Medical Details of Occult Phenomena

Dr. McGregor

Eye-Witness to Disinterment

Organs and Functions of the Body Controlled

Suspended Animation

Killed by Suggestion

Dr. Hack Tuck

Condemned Frenchman

Disease and Kindred States Produced by Auto-Suggestion

Morbid Suggestions

Possibilities and Susceptibilities of the Human Mind

An Unwarrantable Joke

Morbid and Healthful Suggestions

(7)

To Hypnotize by Telegraph, Telephone or Mail

Subtle and Mysterious Influence

Irresistible Power

Professional Operators

Sleep Induced by Telephone

Post-Hypnotic Suggestions

Sedate Individuals Made to Dance and Sing Without Their Knowledge

Hypnotized at Designated Hour

Friends Astonished and Horrified

(2)

People Hypnotized Against Their Will

Hypnotized at Any Future Time

Shrewd Hypnotist

Post-Hypnotic Suggestion

Overcoming the Subject's Resistance

Simple Test

Dull Stare

Determined Tone

Body Paralyzed

Fierce Gleam of the Operator's Eye

Utter Helplessness

Operator Master

(3)

Instantly Hypnotized

Instantaneous Hypnotism for Public Demonstrations

At the Opera-House

Hypnotized by a Finger

Hypnotized in a Crowd

Marvelous Effects

(1)

Hindoo Sleep, How Induced

Fakirs and Adepts of India

Monotonous Music

Peculiar Sensations of Hindoo Sleep

Suggestive Position of Operator

Completely Fascinated by Hindooism

Rotary Motion of the Body

Concentration Universal

Amusing Incident of Hindoo Sleep

The Conceited Gentleman

Hindooism Contagious

Complete Humiliation

Cake Walk

Good Drawing Card

(5)

Symptoms and Conditions of Hypnosis

Final Induction

Pupils Contracted

Normal Conditions

Deep Hypnosis

Position of the Eyeballs

Subtle Symptoms

Indication of Hypnosis

Symptoms

Compressed Lips

Grim Smile

Alterations of Ordinary Functions

Superficial Observation

Prolonged Inspiration

Acceleration of Pulsation and Respiration

Peculiar Inspiration

Mitral Persystolic

Careful Auscultation

Acute Passivity

Inverted Foot

Drooped Head

Uncomfortable Positions Maintained

The Nervous System

102

(3)

Different Stages of Hypnosis

Important Classifications Necessary

Attempts at Classifications

Unsatisfactory Classifications

Expert Hypnotist

Abnormal Conditions

Variety of Stages

Deepest Stage

Prof. Bernheim

Detailed Classifications

105

(2)

How to Awaken a Subject

Getting a Subject Out of Hypnosis

Practical and Ignorant Operator

Decided Suggestions, Their Effect

Confident Manner

Difficult Subjects, How to Awaken

Composure of Mind

Positive Suggestions, Their Effect

Wide Awake

Sleep Suggestions

Sound Asleep

Suggestions Must Be Obeyed

Must Wake Up

Nervous Operator

Incompetent Operator

Waking a Subject Hypnotized by Another

Specific Instructions

Physicians Helpless

Unfortunate Subject

Psychology, Hypnotism, Mesmerism

Adverse Influence

Awakened Up Instantly

Exciting Delusions

Nervousness and Fright

Calmness, Confidence and Patience Essential

Formidable Results of Imperfect or Partial Awakening

Real Dangers

The Tone of the Sleeping

Subjects used in Public Demonstrations

Favorable Suggestions

Health Suggestions

107

(7)

Treatment by Suggestion

Long Words and Ominous Sentences

Suggestive Therapeutics

Materia Medica

Nervous Diseases

Condition Induced

Various Suggestions

Nervous Headache

Non-Reappearance

Sciatica

Sciatic Nerve

Constipation

Rheumatic Affections

Neurasthenia

Amenorrhea

Dipsomania

Tact of Physician

Loss of Function

Permanence of Cures

Favorable Conditions

Incipient Improvement

Strenuously Combated

Repetition and Re-enforcement

Diseases of Nervous Origin

Relapses

Rheumatism

Customary Precaution

Suggestive Treatment

Habits of Disease

Sudden Cures

Various Ailments

Subsequent Hypnotization

Therapeutic Value of Suggestion

Suggestion in Conjunction with Chloroform

Congestion of Brain

Delirium Tremens

Insomnia

Functional Epilepsy

St. Vitus' Dance

Asthma

Ovarian Pain

Neurotic Disease

Hysteria, Hypochondriasis and Dipsomania

Imaginary Disease

Morbid Concentration

Diseased Mental Forces

Mental Repose

Functional Derangement

Organic Disease

Periodic Sufferings

Writer's Cramp

Hysterical Amarosis

Deafness

Typhoid and Rheumatic Fevers

Pneumonia

Massage

Mental and Moral Elements

Nausea and Sickness Caused by Suggestion

Mental Battle

How to Treat Morphinomania and Alcoholic Patients

Free Will and Hypnotism

Dipsomania

Desperate Cases

Childbirth

American and English Practitioners

Valuable Adjunct to Other Methods

Experience of Physicians

Personal Qualifications

Essential Requirements

Want of Confidence

Imperious Tones

Fatal Antagonism

Education and Medical Training

114

(20)

Hypnotism and Dentistry

Suggested Anaesthesia

Brilliant Results

Hypnotic Suggestion

Verbal Suggestion

Mental Stimulant

Over-Sensitive Patients

Confidence in the Operator

Dental Surgery

Importance and Possibilities of Verbal Suggestion in Dentistry

Daily Practice

Special Cases

Anaesthesia Often Produced by Suggestion

Deep Degree of Hypnosis

Wonderful Possibilities of Suggestion

Indisputable Psychological Facts

Ignorance of Suggestion Causes Bad Results

Knowledge of Medical Psychology

Hysterical Patients That Baffle and Mystify the Dentist

The Anatomy and Mentality of Man

Effect or Influence of Mind or Mental Forces

Mental Impressions

Physical Senses

Personal Magnetism

Science and Art of Influencing People

Treatment and Construction of Teeth

Mental Impressions Transmitted

Favorably Impressed

Suggestion in Conjunction with Anaesthetics

Great Advantage

Verbal and Mental Suggestions

Nature and Possibilities of Suggestions

134

(7)

Hypnotism, Mental Science and Medicine

Practitioners Prosecuted

Degree of Vitality

Inconsistency of Medical Science

Reaction of the Extreme Application of Materialistic Theories

The Human Heart, Its Fundamental Desires

Cause and Cure of Disease

Mental Science

Fundamental Truth

Organs, Functions and Sensations of the Physical Body

Functional Disease

Perverted and Morbid Mental Conditions

Therapeutic Suggestion

Mental Conditions

Fatal Disease

Grieved to Death

Demoralizing Mental Conditions

Turbulent Tides and Currents of the Human Heart

Truthfulness Inconsistent

Mind's Construction

Science of Physiology

Science of Psychology

Every-Day Common Sense

Vital Responsibilities of Professional Life

Prejudiced and Impartial Observations

The True Physician

Common Cause

United Effort

Misguided Humanity

Dissension, Rivalry, Jealousy and Hostility

Public Good

Interests of the Sick

Human Testimony

Prejudiced Mind

God's Heaven and Earth

Life and Death

Materialistic Propensities

Drugged and Operated to Death

Mental Tortures

Re-animation

True Scientists

Physical Facts and Agents

Real Scientist and Healer

Prejudiced Specimens of Humanity

Physical Repair

Ravages of Disease

Unity of God's Creation

Mental and Physical Forces

Mental and Physical Science

Diminution of Disease

141

(8)

Expectancy and Attention

Drugs, Their Physical Effect

Anticipation and Expectation

Bread Pills

Bowels Operated by an Astringent

Expectancy Produces Extraordinary Physiological Conditions

Tumors Removed Without Chloroform

Mental Impressions and Psychological Conditions

Anaesthesia Produced by an Inhaling Bag

Completely Unconscious

Recollection and Expectation

Unconsciousness Produced Without an Anaesthetic

Power of Mental Forces in Conjunction with the Will

Sea-Sickness

Functional Disturbances, Result of Morbid Concentration

Idleness Conducive to Disease

Hypochondriasis

Disordered Sensations

Structural Disease

Morbidly Conscious

Morbid Attention

Functions Performed Automatically and Unconsciously

Therapeutic Suggestion a Mental Stimulant

Dangers of Perverted or Morbid Mental Conditions

Imagination Develops Symptoms of Disease

Epidemics

Epidemics of Typhoid, Yellow Fever and Smallpox

Laymen and Medical Students

Heart Complaint

Removal of a Cancer

Cancer Caused by Fear and Expectancy

Positive Mental Conditions

Hereditary Disease, Its Logical Solution

Inherited Disease

Shadowed by a Mental Delusion

Nonsensical Ideas

Mental Perversion

Diseased Conditions Aggravated and Prolonged

Immune Against Disease

Electrical Belts and Apparatuses Absolutely Inert

Cholera-Belts, Camphor-Bags and So-Called Preventives Inert

Fear and Expectancy Depressant and Harbinger of Disease

Immunity of Physicians and Professional Nurses

Mentality of Man

Perception and Possession

Principle of Being

149

(8)

Execution and Importance of Suggestion

Enunciated Principles

Executions of Suggestions

Post-Hypnotic Suggestions

Chief Characteristics

Actors Impersonated

Elocution

Inhibition of Self-Consciousness

Reasoning Faculties

Power of Deduction

Volitional Energy

Subject Unconscious of the Eternal

Power of Deduction Inhibited

Particular Phenomenon Possible

Altered Personality

The Insane

Changed Character

Stage Operator

Stalwart Countryman

Nurse Girl

Forgotten Childhood

Battle-Field

Desperate Engagement

Cannon and Musket

157

(3)

Things Hypnotic and Otherwise

Patience and Perseverance

Pleasant and Agreeable Sensation

Sleep Artificially Produced

Imitative Faculties

Possible Imputation of Wrong-Doing

Hypnotism and Supernatural Power

Supernatural Possibilities

Amateur Hypnotist

Reckless Showman

Ignorant and Irresponsible Operators

Injurious and Absurd Suggestions

Precautions

Formal Consent

Possible Imputation

Abuse of Power

Hypnotized by Stranger

Volition and Amnesia

Medical Hypnotism

Gentle Lethargy

Receptivity

Hypnotic Suggestion as an Educational Influence

Moral Breakdown

Degenerated and Deteriorated Children

Reformatories

Neuropathic Children

Drunken Parents

Insufficiency of Knowledge

Free-Will

Moral Training

Exhortations

Reformative Means

Ordinary Means Ineffectual

Deficient Mental Forces

Idiocy

Gray Matter

Asylums and Reformatories

Unmanageable Children

Models of Industry

Parental Influence

Mental Attitude

Unsusceptibility to Hypnotism

Eyes, Index of the Mind

Imbeciles and Idiots

Inhibition of Physical Senses

Increased Susceptibility

Retentive Power of the Memory

The Memory of Students Improved

Induction of Sleep

Concomitant Conditions

Monotony

Perfect Silence

Monotonous Repetition

Unskilled Lecturer

Transition

Gradation

Degree of Consciousness

Receptivity for Mental Impressions

Telegraph Operator

Previous Vigils

Public Speakers

Evidence of Perception

Constant Inner Action

Ruling Passion

Brilliant Intellect

Fascinated by Music or Drama

Conclusive Verification

External Consciousness

Movements Inhibited

Absolutely Dumb

Sneeze and Cry

Eyes Not Closed During Hypnosis

Simulation and Imposture

Public Demonstration

Deception

More or Less Influenced

Medical Procedure

Therapeutic Test

Somnambulism

Receptivity

Medical Practitioners

Therapeutic Tests

Suggested Catalepsy

Rotary Motions

Fourth Degree

Mysticism and Exaggeration

Negative Hallucinations

Tests of Somnambulism

Delusions

Physicians Interviewed

Convinced of Therapeutic Value of Suggestion

The Black Arts

Intractable Diseases

The Supernatural

Misleading Conclusions

160

(17)

Precedent and Individualism

Original Thoughts

Conventional Lines

Merging of Individuality

Individualism

Advancement of Human Knowledge

Individual Rights

Utter Absence of Conventionality

Worn and Beaten Paths

Lessons in the School of Life

Individualism a Divine Right

Conscientious Leadings

Brands of Popularity

Hypocritical and Condescending

Genuine Friends

Right of Individualism

Respected Individualism

Hypocritical Conventionality

Consistent Individuality

Strait-Jacket of Conventionality

177

(2)

Hypnotic Influence or Personal Magnetism

Strange Influence

Magnetic Personality

Hypnotic Power

Charm of Manner

Winning Affections

Social Inter-course

Mysterious Influence

Hypnotic Influence

Mesmeric Influence

Mesmeric Power

Animal Magnetism

Latent Forces

Mysterious Law of Influence

Irresistible Influence

Unconsciously Influenced

Subtle Influence

Arrogant Presumption

Immaterial Forces

Electricity

Human Mind

Will Power

Invisible Influence

People Influenced on the Street, in a Street-Car, Etc.

Mental Science

Mysteries of Life

Passion and Sex

Ministers and Public Speakers

Individual Traits, Characteristics and Capabilities

Physical Capabilities

Mental Capabilities

Physical Culture

Mental Culture

Capabilities, Physically and Mentally Increased

Mental Suggestions

Legitimate Exceptions

Ability Essential

Psychic or Mental Forces

Physical Science Versus Mental Science

Physical and Mental Qualifications

Self-Defense

Mental Conditions

Immune Against Disease

Influencing People

Human Mind Controlled

Psychological Facts

Mind and Memory

Concentration of Mind

Influencing a Person

Use of the Eyes, Hands and Gesture

Convincing Influence

Mind and Will

Master of the Event

Vacillating Mind or Nature

Agreeable Personality

Power of Fascination

179

(11)

Hypnotism and Crime

Post-Mortem

The Unscrupulous

Qualifications of Hypnotist

Risks from Hypnotism Infinitesimal

Fraught with Danger

Criminally Disposed

Dynamite

Nitro-Glycerin

Lawless and Desperate

Tabooed

Contemporary Records

Introduction of Chloroform

Man's Temerity

Abuse of Hypnotism Not a Bar to Its Use in Medical Treatment

Nervous and Ignorant People

Crimes and Outrages

Suicides and Murders

Arsenic, Strychnine and Corrosive Sublimate

Illegitimate Employment

Comments from the Daily Press

Drawn by Hypnotic Influence

Presence of Witness

Consulting Room

Branch of Medical Treatment

Restrictions and Precautions Necessary

190

(7)

Hypnotism and Insanity

Attracting the Insane

Border-Land of Insanity

Morphine, Opium, Cigarettes and Narcotics

Enslaving Habits

Mental Habits

Mental Faculties, Wrecked and Ruined

197

(3)

Hypnotizing Animals

Diverse Organizations

India Fakirs and Aissouans

Venomous Snakes Handled

Continuous Stimulation

Strange Eggs Hatched

Professional Horse Trainers

Timid Mind

Fearless Mind

Animals Simulate Death

200

(3)

Mind and Body, or the Science of Being

Sorrow and Gloom

Origin and Cause of Disease

Mental Forces

Science and Art of Living

Problem of Disease

Pure Thoughts

Bodily Imperfections

Thoughts Entertained and Maintained

Parental Individuality

Sea of Life

Hereditary Environment

External Impressions

Impure Thoughts

Afflictions and Misery

Cause and Effect

Premature Grave

Unwelcome Guests

Morbid Tendencies

Hosts of Good and Evil

Fate, Ambition and Revenge

Tragic Depths of Earthly Life

Mental Impressions

Narcosis

Disappointment and Gloom

Fear and Expectancy

Saint and Sinner

Humble and Noble

Heart's Innate Desire

Inalienable Right

Rock Upon Which Humanity Splits

History of Time

Multitudes of Broken Hearts

Records of Universal Struggle

Definite Conclusions Acquisition of Health and Happiness

Coveted Treasure

Problems of Life

Extortion and Oppression

Fatal Mistakes

Struggle for Wealth

Dishonesty and Selfishness

Irregular Methods

Blundered and Offended Through Ignorance

Jealousy and Self-ishness

Impossible to Escape Self-Consciousness

Physical or Intellectual Miser

Pleasures and Allurements of Earthly Life

Ostentatious Display

Garb of Authority

Sensual Satiety

Lusts of the Flesh

Drifted To and Fro

Man Master of His Own Mind

Foot of the Ox

Joy and Purity

Despondency and Sensuality

Mirage of Misery

Elements of Doubt

Misguided Humanity

Destructive Elements

The Strong-Minded Invulnerable

Humanity's Wreath of Curses

Self-Condemnation

Envious and Poverty-Stricken

Controlling Events

Destined to Be Poor

Deficiency of Character

Self-Confessed Weakness

Deplorable Curse

Confidence in Self-Respect

Terrible Consequence

Extreme Modesty

Morbid Self-Depreciation

Almighty Creator

Power and Energy

Intentions, Impulses and Emotions Governed by the Will

Power to Create or Destroy

Job, the Patriarch

Perfect Comprehension

Principle of Being

203

(13)

Telepathy, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism

Transmission of Thought

Inherent Power

Physical Senses

Telepathy

Thought Transference

Mind Reading

Psychic Forces

Subconscious Mind

Mental Impressions

Psychic Organism

Independent Action

Sense Perception Psychic Action

Material Forces

Second Sight

Simultaneous Action

Material World

Mind Upon Mind

Intense Concentration

Deep Emotions

Mentally Agitated

Suspension of Physical Senses

Clairaudience

Trance

Psychic Activity

Mental Impressions and Influences

Physical Laws

Chemical Decomposition

Death

Evolution

Soul and Body

Condition of Existence

Cause of Existence

Departed Spirits

Birth to Death

Psychic and Material Forces

Natural Laws

Psychological Conditions

Spiritualistic Phenomena

Manifestations and Communications

Immortality

Departed Souls

God's Universe

Premonition of Death

Agent and Recipient

Thought Vibrations

Thought Influences

Clairvoyants, Mediums and Mind-Readers

Guilty Conscience

Influences Transmitted

Love and Devotion

216

(13)

Magnetic Healing

Miraculous Cures

Boy Phenomenon

Magnetic Force

Personal Magnetism

Valuable and Worthless Opinions

Natural Gift

Miraculous or Superhuman Power

Vital Forces

Physical and Moral Qualifications

Methods and Processes

Fundamental Principles

229

(7)

The Phenomena of Hypnosis

Condition Normal After Hypnosis

Awakened Instantly

Apparent Lethargy

Practical Hypnotist

Dangers of Experiments

Ignorant Operators

Ten Days' Sleep

Various Opinions

Minimum Average

Experimental Results

Princeton or Cornell Students

Hysterical Conditions

Different Nationalities

Recorded Results

Dr. Liebeault

Dr. Van Rentezhen

Dr. Wellenstrand

Simulation Impossible

Muscular Contraction

Rigidity

Motor Impulses Inhibited

Ammonia

Organic Functions Affected

236

(5)

The Psychology of Hypnosis

Spirit and Matter

Mind and Matter

Elements of Hypnotism

Various Phenomena

Two Substances

Proper Route

Principles Proclaimed

Confidence and Application

Natural Laws

Mind Influences Matter

System Essential to Success

Words of Warning

Action and Reaction

Public Good

241

(5)

Chapter Forty

Hypnotism, Its Position in the Scientific World

Hypnotism or Mesmerism Not a Misnomer

Mental Healing

Psychic Forces

Health Is Natural, Disease is Unnatural

Treating the Symptom and Disregarding the Cause

Hypnosis a Prerequisite in Establishing Disease

The Body Not a Temple of Disease

Hypnosis Past Its Experimental Stage

No Danger from Hypnotism

Not a Supernatural Gift

How It Feels to Be Hypnotized

A Sleep of Death

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Medical Hypnosis (1901)

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