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| JOHN MILNE BRAMWELL |
Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and
Theory
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John Milne Bramwell was born in Perth,
Scotland, May 11, 1852. The
son of a physician, he studied medicine in Edinburgh, and after
obtaining his degree of M.B., in 1873, he settled at Goole,
Yorkshire.
Fired by the unfinished work of Braid, Bernheim and
Liébeault, he began, in 1889, a series of hypnotic researches,
which, together with a number of successful experiments he had
privately conducted, created considerable stir in the medical
world.
Abandoning his general practice and settling in London in
1892, Dr. Bramwell became one of the foremost authorities in the
country on hypnotism as a curative agent. His Works include many
valuable treatises, the most important being "Hypnotism: its
History, Practice and Theory," published in 1903, and here
summarised by Dr. Bramwell himself.
Read more:
- Pioneers
of Hypnotism - Just as chemistry arose from alchemy,
astronomy from astrology, so hypnotism had its origin in mesmerism.
Phenomena such as Mesmer described had undoubtedly been observed from
early times, but to his work, which extended from 1756 to his death...
- Theory
of Hypnotism - From the psychical side, he explained the phenomena of
hypnosis by the action of predominant and unchecked ideas. These were
able to obtain prominence from the fact that other ideas, which, under
ordinary circumstances, would have controlled their development, did
not
arise, because the portion of the brain with which the latter were
associated had its action temporarily suspended—i.e., the connection
between the ganglion-cells was broken, owing to the interrupted
connection between the "fibres of association."
- Hypnotic
Induction - Within recent times another
theory has arisen, which, instead of
explaining hypnotism by the arrested action of some of the brain
centres
which subserve normal life, attempts to do so by the arousing of
certain
powers over which we normally have little or no control. This theory
appears under different names, "Double Consciousness," "Das
Doppel-Ich,"
etc., and the principle on which it depends is largely admitted by
science.
- Curative
Value of Hypnotism - The intelligent action of the secondary
self may be illustrated by the
execution of certain post-hypnotic acts. Thus, one of my patients who,
at a later period, consented to become the subject of experiment,
developed an enormously increased power of time appreciation. If told,
during hypnosis, for example, that she was to perform some specific act
in the waking state at the expiration of a complicated number of
minutes, as, for example...
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