Note 72 — Chapter V · HYPNOTISM
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In some articles in the Revue Philosophique, published in 1886 and 1887, Delbœuf describes some experiments which suggest that in many of the remarkable hypnotic cures recorded in the Zoist (as well as in modern cases) the removal of pain was probably an important element in the cure; see e.g. cures of inflammation (Zoist, vol. x. p. 347); of neuralgia and chronic rheumatism (vol. ix. pp. 76-79); of abdominal pains (vol. ix. p. 155); of tic douloureux (vol. viii. p. 186); of severe headaches (vol. x. p. 369); of eczema impetiginodes (vol. x. p. 96).
The general subject of hypnotic analgesia is strikingly illustrated by Esdaile's well-known work in the Indian hospitals; see his books, Mesmerism in India (London, 1846); The Introduction of Mesmerism with Sanction of Government into the Public Hospitals of India (2nd edit. London, 1856); Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance (London, 1852); and constant references to him in the Zoist.
For later cases see British Medical Journal, April 5th, 1890, p. 801; the same, February 28th, 1891, pp. 460-468.
See also Van Renterghem and Van Eeden's Psycho-thérapie, pp. 262-280.
See also the Proceedings S.P.R., vol. xii. p. 21, and the Revue de l'Hypnotisme, November 1891, p. 132; the same, 1895, p. 300; and for the discussion of a very interesting recent case of the cure of sycosis menti, see Bérillon, Revue de l'Hypnotisme, January 1896, p. 195; Delbœuf, Revue de l'Hypnotisme, February 1896, p. 225; Durand (de Gros), Revue de l'Hypnotisme, 1896, p. 37. It was also quoted in the British Medical Journal for November 16th, 1895.