Jean Martin Charcot demonstrating hypnosis, 1879. Artist: Anon

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Jean Martin Charcot demonstrating hypnosis, 1879. Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating the production of hypnosis using beam of light from a magic lantern. Picture drawn from life at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris. Freud heard of posthypnotic suggestion from Charcot. From La Nature. (Paris, 1879).

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