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• n  the act of inducing hypnosis

• The helping hand of hypnotism has long been recognized in medicine.
• To Medical Hypnotist Kroger, this was no stunt but a serious demonstration of the wider use which, he insists, medicine should make of hypnotism, at least in conjunction with .
• Besides, Freud decided, hypnotism's effects are too ephemeral and not everybody can be hypnotized.

• mesmerism
• suggestion

News & Articles

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• READER SUBMITTED: Hypnotist Plays "Mind Games" With University Students
  The days of clucking like a chicken are over. Hypnotist Paul Ramsay will bring his unique brand of stage hypnotism to Mitchell College on Aug. 23.
  Aug. 22, 2013 - FOX CT Hartford

Quotes

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• Simon Callow in International Herald Tribune
  He had a charisma, a hypnotism, a kind of spell that he cast on an audience, which was an extraordinary thing to negotiate as a young actor,said Simon Callow, who performed alongside Scofield in the play "Amadeus" in 1979. "He was an...
• Lily Allen in China Daily
  After the hypnotism, I want to go to the gym every day, otherwise I feel really bad,Allen, 22, said. "I just want to get more toned and healthy. I'm really good about everything at the moment -- I've never been happier."
• Chris Martin in Seattle Times
  In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the ever-self-deprecating Martin said, "Things like the hypnotism, all these little crazy experiments that he tried with us was just an effort to say, 'It's OK. Not everybody hates you because you're in...