The Uncanny Rise of Medical Hypnotism, 1888-1914: Between Imagination and Suggestion

by Gordon Bates

This book explores the improbable rise of medical hypnotism in Victorian Britain and its subsequent assimilation and neglect. It follows the careers of the 'New Hypnotists': Charles Lloyd Tuckey, John Milne Bramwell, George Kingsbury and Robert Felkin. This loosely knit group all trained with the Suggestion School of Nancy and published books on hypnotism. They had to confront the many public and medical prejudices against the trance state which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031427246
• ISBN13: 9783031427244
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"