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ELLIOTSON PRESENTATION COPY. ELLIOTSON, JOHN. 1791-1868. Numerous Cases of Surgical Operations Without Pain in the Mesmeric State. London: H. Bailliere, 1843.
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ELLIOTSON PRESENTATION COPY.
ELLIOTSON, JOHN. 1791-1868. Numerous Cases of Surgical Operations Without Pain in the Mesmeric State. London: H. Bailliere, 1843.
8vo (223 x 143 mm). 93, [3] pp. Original printed brown wrappers. Wrappers laid down and repaired at margins and spine, some spotting to title. In custom cloth folding case.
Provenance: Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale, Christie's New York, Part 3, 29 October, 1998, lot 1055).
PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON THE USE OF HYPNOTISM IN SURGERY, THE NORMAN COPY. Inscribed on the title, "For the Hinckley Mechanic's Institute, from John Elliots." "Elliotson was one of the first in England to perform surgery on hypnotized patients, and he joined with Braid and Esdaile in promoting the use of hypnotism as anesthesia during surgical operations. Despite his numerous successes, he was accused by the conservative British medical establishment of charlatanism and worse, and he was eventually forced to resign his various professional offices, including his professorship at the University of London. The present work describes numerous successful cases, but is largely devoted to the account of the famous leg amputation performed by Topham and Ward on a hypnotized patient, and the controversy that ensued when this case was reported to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society" (Norman). Bramwell Hypnotism pp 4-14; Crabtree 474; Fulton & Stanton I. 14; Garrison-Morton--Norman 5650.2; Norman 702 (this copy).
8vo (223 x 143 mm). 93, [3] pp. Original printed brown wrappers. Wrappers laid down and repaired at margins and spine, some spotting to title. In custom cloth folding case.
Provenance: Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale, Christie's New York, Part 3, 29 October, 1998, lot 1055).
PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON THE USE OF HYPNOTISM IN SURGERY, THE NORMAN COPY. Inscribed on the title, "For the Hinckley Mechanic's Institute, from John Elliots." "Elliotson was one of the first in England to perform surgery on hypnotized patients, and he joined with Braid and Esdaile in promoting the use of hypnotism as anesthesia during surgical operations. Despite his numerous successes, he was accused by the conservative British medical establishment of charlatanism and worse, and he was eventually forced to resign his various professional offices, including his professorship at the University of London. The present work describes numerous successful cases, but is largely devoted to the account of the famous leg amputation performed by Topham and Ward on a hypnotized patient, and the controversy that ensued when this case was reported to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society" (Norman). Bramwell Hypnotism pp 4-14; Crabtree 474; Fulton & Stanton I. 14; Garrison-Morton--Norman 5650.2; Norman 702 (this copy).
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