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Hypnotic Séance, 1887. Creator: Sven Richard BerghHypnotic Seance, 1887
Hypnotism, ca. 1845. Creator: John Adams WhippleHypnotism, ca. 1845
A Magnetic Experiment. Creator: Desrais, Claude Louis (1746-1816)A Magnetic Experiment. Private Collection
A mesmeric tub. Creator: Desrais, Claude Louis (1746-1816)A mesmeric tub. Private Collection
Hypnotic session, 1887. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm
Hypnotism, 1891. Male hypnotist putting a young woman into an hypnotic trance. Animal magnetism or hypnotism had a revival at the end of the 19th century
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. 1923. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at
Edgar Berillon, French psychologist, 1929Edgar Berillon (1854-1948), French psychologist, c1929. Reverse of a medal struck to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Berillons (1854-1948)
Hypnotist mesmerising a patient, c1795
Hypnosis, 1889. Placing a patient under the influence of hypnotism, top, and releasing him from that influence, bottom. From The Illustrated Practical Mesmerist by William Davey. (London, 1889)
Hypnosis: introvision (power of looking into a body), 1889. The most practical and valuable aspect of supersensuous perception, is known as introvision
Jean Martin Charcot demonstrating hypnosis, 1879. Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating the production of hypnosis using beam of light from a magic lantern
Jean Martin Charcot, French neurologist and pathologist, 1893. Charcot (1825-1893) worked at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris from 1862, and established a neurological unit there
Hypnosis subject suffering from imaginary toothache, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin
Subject going into a hypnotic trance, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)
Subjects hypnotised by the sound of a gong, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot
Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot
Hypnotised subjects attracted by a matchbox, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley giving a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot
Front cover of Trilby by George Du Maurier, 1894. Artist: George Du MaurierFront cover of Trilby by George Du Maurier, 1894. The figure shown is the eponymous heroine, Trilby who, under hypnosis by Svengali, became a famous singer
Au Clair de la Lune : the power of hypnosis, 1894. Artist: George du MaurierAu Clair de la Lune : the power of hypnosis, 1894. Trilby the tone-deaf! Who couldn t tell a C from an F!! giving a concert under Svengalis hypnotic influence. From Trilby by George du Maurier
Caricature of Franz Anton Mesmer, c1785. He is depicted as an ass hypnotising a female subject with a finger. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de
Hypnosis, 1680. Experimentum Mirabile: a chicken hypnotised by its beak being placed on a line. From Physiologia Kircheriana by Athanasius Kircher. (Amsterdam, 1680)
Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites, Louisiana, USA, 1886. Voodoo is a synthesis of Roman Catholic and West African magic and beliefs