Animal magnetismD. Appleton & Company, 1894 - 378 pages |
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aboulia Academy achromatopsia action agraphia ALFRED BINET anæsthesia animal magnetism appears ascertained assertion attitude awaking awoke become body Braid catalepsy cataleptic subject cause centres Charcot CHARLES FÉRÉ commissioners complementary colour complete conjunctiva contraction contracture Deslon diseases displayed effect electric emotion existence experimenter experiments external eyes fact Féré gestures given hallucination hallucinatory history of animal hyperexcitability hypnosis hypnotic sleep hypnotized subject hysterical patients idea illusion impression impulse influence instance intense invisible lethargy limb means mechanical excitement memory ment mental Mesmer mode motor paralysis movement muscles muscular natural sleep nerves nervous normal observed occurs paralysis by suggestion performed person phenomena phenomenon physical physician physiology placed portrait present writers produced profound hypnotism proof psychical question reflex action Richet Salpêtrière scalp séance sensation sense sensory sight simulation somnam somnambulism somnambulist spontaneous symptoms systematic paralysis tion ulnar nerve unable vision waking words writing
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