Group of eight people under the influence of a rotary mirror apparatus (after Luys), from ‘Hypnotism and the New Witchcraft’ by E.A. Hart (1893) (all images ...

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There has always been a fascination with hypnotism throughout the centuries. The latest special issue of Notes and Records examines the history of hypnotism in Europe and we asked one of the Guest ...

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ARC Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to “Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism,” a family film based on the bestselling book series by Georgia Byng. The first of ...

Hypnotism is the Rodney Dangerfield of the medical world. Thanks to pulp fiction and old movies, hypnotism is seen by most people as part confidence game and part mumbo jumbo, practiced upon pliant ...

At St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Dr. Alfred P. Solomon, neurologist, last week, hypnotized a young woman. During the hour she lay so, Dr. Harold G. Jones of Chicago opened her abdomen and removed ...