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Posts tagged Dr John Elliotson

JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

Hypnotism and Self-Education – A M Hutchison

BooksAmy Marlowe15 July 2026A M Hutchison, Dr Alice Marion Hutchison, hypnotism, medical hypnosis, psycho-therapeutics, Franz Anton Mesmer, mesmerism, James Braid, Dr John Elliotson, hypnosis and drugs, stage hypnosis, stage hypnotism, stage hypnotist, 1952 British Hypnotism Act, Rudolf Heidenhain, feminism

GUESS WHO'S BACK?!

GUESS WHO'S BACK?!

The Female Hypnotist – Donald K Hartman (editor)

BooksAmy Marlowe17 March 2025Donald K Hartman, women in hypnosis, Judith Pintar, Amanda Barnier, George du Maurier, Derren Brown, Trilby, Dr John Elliotson, Charcot, Alexis Didier, Chauncy Hare Townshend, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Jack the Ripper, witchcraft, Felix Moscheles

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME THRICE

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME THRICE

That Devil’s Trick – William Hughes

DEAR JOHN

DEAR JOHN

Facts in Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism – Chauncy Hare Townshend

BooksAmy Marlowe6 September 2023Chauncy Hare Townshend, Elliotson, Dr John Elliotson, Charles Dickens, mesmerism, mesmerist, Royal Commission, telepathy, Marquis de Puységur, Mesmer