Hypnotism and the doctors

by Richard H. Harte; Jesse W. Ward; L.N. Fowler & Co.; Fowler & Wells

New York, N.Y., U.S.A; London, England · L.N. Fowler & Co.; Fowler & Wells Co. · 1902

I. Animal magnetism (1902) -- Mesmer : His theory of disease ; His method of cure ; His fight with the faculty -- De Puységur : Somnambulism ; New methods and theories -- II. From Mesmer to Charcot (1903) -- The second commission -- Dupotet and Lafontaine -- The English school -- Braid's hypnotism -- Statuvolism -- Pathetism -- Electro-biology.