To many persons mention of the word “hypnotism” at once brings to mind a “Professor” in full-dress suit on a vaudeville stage putting “subjects” through laugh-provoking antics. Or the image of Svengali rises before the mind’s eyes, with long, lank fingers making mystic “passes” before the now helpless--not to say enslaved--victim, fascinated by the large, black, “sorcerer” eyes of the great master. To such persons the “hypnotist” is rather closely identified with the “charlatan.” Happily, this conception of hypnotists and hypnotism is fading out in the strong, clear light of modern science.…
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