Normal conscious functions such as volition and control are taken over by the hypnotist. And with the conscious self in abeyance, the hypnotist appears to have direct access to the person’s subconscious mind.
In the 1840s, a Scottish doctor living in India named James Esdaile was frequently visited by men with enormous tumours (weighing up to 45 kg) in the scrotum, caused by mosquito bites. The operation to remove them was so painful that men would often put it off for years, only having it as a last resort.
Esdaile had read about hypnotism (or
mesmerism, as he referred to it) and decided to try the technique as a
way of relaxing patients, so that they would agree to have the
operation.o his surprise, he found that not only did the patients feel relaxed,
but they also didn’t feel any pain during the operations. In other
words, hypnosis had somehow acted as a powerful anaesthetic. Esdaile
reported that, in some cases, there was no pain or injury after the
operation either, and that the healing process was faster. As he wrote,
“less constitutional disturbance has followed than under ordinary
circumstances. There has not been a death among the cases operated on.”...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
