Braid on Hypnotism: The Beginnings of Modern Hypnosis
- New York: Julian Press, 1960
New York: Julian Press, 1960. Octavo (22cm). Black cloth titled in gilt, grey topstain, in orange dust jacket; [xiv],380pp. Bumped at corners, with general mild rubbing, but generally Very Good. Jacket price-clipped, edgeworn, spine-sunned, wiht minor dust and one or two tiny tears to edges: arund Very Good.
James Braid (1795-1860) was a pioneer in both medicine and hypnotism; this is a reissue of A. E. Waite's 1899 collection of Braid's works. "A basic, definitive work written by an outstanding medical doctor who took an ill-defined, ill-used metaphysical phenomenon and translated it into a practical, therapeutic discipline" (front front flap). [63823].
James Braid (1795-1860) was a pioneer in both medicine and hypnotism; this is a reissue of A. E. Waite's 1899 collection of Braid's works. "A basic, definitive work written by an outstanding medical doctor who took an ill-defined, ill-used metaphysical phenomenon and translated it into a practical, therapeutic discipline" (front front flap). [63823].