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“I regard this book as THE fountain head of hypnosis. Braid not only gives us the word we now use for our subject, but brought to it a clarity of thought and an energy of experimentation which is unparallelled.” Ragged University NEURYPNOLOGY James Braid
Initially, Braid believed the state was caused by physical fatigue of the eyes and nervous system from fixed staring. James Braid | Health and Medicine | Research
The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology provides a complete digital copy of the 1899 edition, which includes Waite's extensive biographical introduction. Braid coined the terms "hypnotism" and "hypnosis" in
Braid coined the terms "hypnotism" and "hypnosis" in this book, though he later preferred "monoideism" when he realized the state was not actually sleep.
Braid debunked the idea that a "magnetic fluid" passed from the operator to the patient.