Hypnotism and Its Application to Practical Medicine (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1902. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PREFACE. HESE pages on hypno-suggestion as a therapeutic agent, were written by request, and at irregular intervals, after my return from a two years' clinical study of nervous and mental diseases, principally under Professor Bernheim in Nancy and Professor von Krafft-Ebing in Vienna, to whom I here reiterate my grateful appreciation of the advantages thus afforded. The purpose was to give a succinct idea of the present status of practical psychic therapeutics, as based on the observation of clinical facts. If, with no other claim, I have succeeded in this, I trust that these pages may also, in their present form, still further serve that purpose, and, therefore, I dedicate them to all who are earnestly interested in the application of psychic processes to physical and mental disease. The Author. CONTENTS. PAGB Practical Teachings Of The Use Of Psychology In MediCine. Notes From Clinical Studies With Bernheim, Forel, Von Krafft-ebing, Etc 125 Suggestive Treatment In Reform Work. Moral Idiots And Others 153 Post-hypnotic Responsibility 158 Music Not Sermons In Insane Hospitals .... 162 PRACTICAL TEACHINGS OF THE USE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICINE. NOTES FROM CLINICAL STUDIES WITH BERNHEIM, FOREL, VON KRAFFT EBING, ETC. N early train in July 1891, brought me from Strasburg to Nancy. There was a strange comfort in leaving, as an indescribable feeling of uneasiness had grown stronger during my short stay. Impartial in my views, and a perfect stranger, nothing but politeness and kindness had been extended to me. The new Strasburg had elicited my admiration, with its fine private and public buildings--a magnificent university, for instance, an eloquent interpretation of the German love and respect for scientific pursuits. The pride manifested in showing me all this was leg...