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Title: De la Suggestion et de ses Applications à la Thérapeutique Author: Bernheim, Hippolyte Place: Paris Publisher: Octave Doin Date: 1886 Description: [4], iii, 428 pp. Several illustrations in text. (8vo) half cloth and boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. "The first part of this work is a republication of Bernheim's De la sugestion dans l'etat hypnotique et dans l' etat de veille, 1884, in which Bernheim views the nature of hypnotism in sharp contrast to that of Charcot, which was dominant at the time. Charcot believed hypnotism to be a pathological condition based on physiological processes, an artificial neurosis found only in hysterics. Bernheim, on the other hand sees hypnotism as a purely psychological condition, one essentially related to suggestion. His definition of hypnotism is: the induction of a peculiar psychial condition which increases the susceptibility to suggestion. This basic difference of opinion constitutes the core of the dispute that would continue for many years between the followers of Charcot (the Salpetriere School of Hypnotism) and the follower of Bernheim (the Nancy School of Hypnotism). In the second part of the book, Bernheim discusses suggestion as a therapeutic agent. Beginning with a look at the traditional role of the imagination in healing throughout the ages, Bernheim places modern suggestive therapeutics in that historical stream. The introduction is followed by a long section on cases of specific illnesses Bernheim treated through hypnotic suggestion. This work became the basic test used by the adherents of the Nancy School and holds a unique place in the history of hypnotism.""---Crabtree 1127. --Crabtree 1127. Norman Library 211. Lot Amendments Condition: Lightly worn; some foxing; very good. Item number: 278496a