Description | James Braid, the Manchester Surgeon, is regarded as the initiator of
the scientific study of animal magnetism, or mesmerism as it was
called. He coined the term 'Hypnotism', and
meticulously detailed his viewpoints, experimentations, and theories
in these papers. In a time when Mesmerism was in disrepute, Braid
reawakened a serious scientific study of the
reality and power of Hypnotism. |