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HYPNOTISH: 



Its History and Present Development. 

 By FREDRIK BJORNSTROM, M. D., 



Head Physician of the Stockholm Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry, Late Royal Swed- 

 ish Medical Counselor. 

 Authorized Translation from the Second Swedish Edition. 



BY BARON NILES POSEE, M. G., 



Director of the Boston School of Gymnastics. 



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PRESS NOTICES. 



The learned Swedish physician, Bjornstrom. Churchman. 



It is a strange and mysterious subject, this hypnotism. The Sun. 



Perhaps as concise as any work we have. .5". California Practitioner. 



We have found this book exceedingly interesting. California Homcepath. 



A concise, thorough, and scientific examination of a little-understood subject. Episco- 

 pal Recorder. 



Few of the new books have more interest for scientist and layman alike. Sunday 

 Times (Boston). 



The study of hypnotism is in fashion again. It is a fascinating and dangerous study. 

 Toledo Bee. 



It is well.written, being concise, which is a difficult point to master in all translations. 

 Medical Bulletin (Philadelphia). 



The subject will be fascinating to many, and it receives a cautious yet sympathetic 

 treatment in this book. Evangelist. 



One of the most timely works of the hour. No physician who would keep up with the 

 times can afford to be without this work. Quarterly Journal of Inebriety. 



Its aim has been to give all the information that may be said under the present state of 

 ur knowledge. Every physician should read this volume. American Medical Journal 

 (St. Louis). 



" It is a contribution of decided value to a much-disussed and but little-analyzed subject 

 by an eminent Swedish alienist known to American students of European psychiatry. 

 Medical Standard (Chicago). 



This is a highly interesting and instructive book. Hypnotism is on the onward march 

 to the front as a scientific subject for serious thought and investigation. The Medical Free 

 Press (Indianapolis). 



Many of the mysteries of mesmerism, and all that class of manifestation, are here 

 treated at length, and explained as far as they can be with our present knowledge of psy- 

 chology. New York Journal of Commerce. 



The marvels of hypnotic phenomena increase with investigation. Dr. Bjornstrom, in 

 this clear and well-written essay, fias given about all that modern science has been able to 

 develop of these phenomena. Medical Visitor (Chicago). 



It has become a matter of scientific research, and engages the attention of some of the 

 foremost men of the day, like Charcot, of Paris. It is interesting reading, outside of any 

 usefulness, and may take the place of a novel on the office table. Eclectic Medical Jour- 

 nal (Cincinnati). 



This interesting book contains a scholarly account of the history, development, and 

 scientific aspect of hypnotism. As a whole, the book is of great interest and very instruc- 

 tive. It is worthy of careful perusal by all physicians, and contains nothing unfit to be read 

 by the laity. Medical and Surgical Reporter (Philadelphia). 



To define the real nature of hypnotism is as difficult as to explain the philosophy of toxic 

 >r therapeutic action of medicine more so, inde( d. None the less, however, does it be- 

 hoove the practitioner to understand what it does, even if he cannot tell just what it is, or 

 how it operates. Dr. Bjorns'.rom's book aims to give a general review of the entire subject. 

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