J. Milne Bramwell

Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and Theory

William Rider & Son, London, 1913, third and cheaper edition

Description and condition:

Maroon cloth hardback with gilt lettering to front and spine, 6 by 9 inch (8vo), 480 pp., index.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout, but has light cover wear with chipping to the cloth around the edges.

Contents:

Introduction; historical; methods of inducing and terminating hypnosis; susceptibility to hypnosis and the causes which influence it; the experimental phenomena of hypnosis; on the management of hypnotic experiments; the different stages of hypnosis; hypnosis in animals; hypnotism in surgery; hypnotism in medicine; on the management of surgical and medical cases; hypnotic theories; the so-called dangers of hypnotism; summary and conclusion; references; Appendix (a: James Braid; b: spiritualism, clairvoyance, telepathy; c: psychical impotence).