This is the moment that changed my mind about hypnotism

Hypnosis is often portrayed as something supernatural, a gimmick performed onstage by a snake oil salesman for entertainment.

Ellen DeGeneres Turns to Hypnosis to Help With Hollywood Comeback: ‘Feeling Pretty Beat Up In Life’

The National Enquirer reports that Ellen DeGeneres is using hypnotism to aid TV comeback plans and bolster her 17-year ...
The New York Times

IS HYPNOTISM ANOTHER NARCOTIC POISON?

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Medicine: Hypnotism

At St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Dr. Alfred P. Solomon, neurologist, last week, hypnotized a young woman. During the hour she lay so, Dr. Harold G. Jones of Chicago opened her abdomen and removed ...