Complete Hypnotism: Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION—History of hypnotism—Mesmer—Puysegur—Braid—What is hypnotism?—Theories of hypnotism: 1. Animal magnetism; 2. The Neurosis Theory; 3. Suggestion Theory

CHAPTER I—How to Hypnotize—Dr. Cocke's method-Dr. Flint's method—The French method at Paris—At Nancy—The Hindoo silent method—How to wake a subject from hypnotic sleep—Frauds of public hypnotic entertainments.

CHAPTER II—Amusing experiments—Hypnotizing on the stage—"You can't pull your hands apart!"—Post-hypnotic suggestion...