Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy. An Historical Synthesis

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page vii
CHAPTER I - Franz Anton Mesmer, Pages 1-12
CHAPTER II - ‘Reflected like light and transmitted by sound’, Pages 13-24
CHAPTER III - ‘A particular variety of epilepsy’, Pages 25-43
CHAPTER IV - Magnetism in the Paris Hospitals, Pages 44-57
CHAPTER V - The lucid Somnambule, Pages 58-69
CHAPTER VI - New Developments in Germany, Pages 70-77
CHAPTER VII - Scandal at University College Hospital, Pages 78-93
CHAPTER VIII - From Magnetism to Hypnotism, Pages 94-114
CHAPTER IX - The ‘distemper named from the womb’, Pages 115-135
CHAPTER X - Hypnotism at the Salpêtrière, Pages 136-151
CHAPTER XI - Hypnotism in its Heyday, Pages 152-164
CHAPTER XII - Experiments on Medical Men, Pages 165-175
CHAPTER XIII - The Nancy School of Hypnotism, Pages 176-183
CHAPTER XIV - ‘Hypnotism is dead’, Pages 184-191
Bibliography, Pages 193-198
Index, Pages 199-205