Braid, J.

…Although this therapy has died out, it cannot be denied that it was the beginning of research into hypnosis, and it has long been called mesmerism ever since. About half a century later, in 1843, British surgeon James Braid (1795-1860) wrote a book called Neuropnology, in which he announced various methods of inducing hypnosis that are still used today, and was the first to use the word hypnotism. He rejected the theory of animal magnetism and proposed a theory that made use of phrenology at the time. …

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…この療法は下火となったものの，催眠研究の端緒となったことは否定しえず，その後長くメスメリズムmesmerismと呼ばれることになった。約半世紀後の1843年，イギリスの外科医ブレードJames Braid(1795‐1860)は《神経催眠学Neurypnology》なる本を著し，今日用いられるもろもろの催眠誘導法を発表するとともに，催眠(術)hypnotismなる言葉を初めて用いた。彼は動物磁気説を否定し，当時の骨相学を援用した理論を提唱した。…

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