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  2. Although often viewed as one continuous history, the term hypnosis was coined in the 1880s in France, some twenty years after the death of James Braid, who had adopted the term hypnotism in 1841. Braid adopted the term hypnotism (which specifically applied to the state of the subject, rather than techniques applied by the operator) to contrast ...

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    The words hypnosis and hypnotism both derive from the term neuro-hypnotism (nervous sleep), all of which were coined by Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers in the 1820s. The term hypnosis is derived from the ancient Greek ὑπνος hypnos , "sleep", and the suffix -ωσις - osis , or from ὑπνόω hypnoō , "put to sleep" ( stem of ...

  4. 6 days ago · A number of clinicians made use of it without fully understanding its nature until the middle of the 19th century, when the English physician James Braid studied the phenomenon and coined the terms hypnotism and hypnosis, after the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

  5. James Braid (1795 – March 25, 1860) was a Scottish neurosurgeon who coined the term and invented the procedure known as hypnotism. He rejected the belief that cures such as those achieved by Franz Mesmer were due to animal magnetism. He recognized the veracity of the phenomena but believed them to be caused by suggestion.

  6. Apr 21, 2024 · The term hypnotism owes its origin to Franz Anton Mesmer, but it was Scottish surgeon James Braid who recognized its scientific potential, moving the practice away from Mesmer’s mystical “animal magnetism.”

  7. Feb 26, 2014 · James Braid (1795-1860): Coining the Term “Hypnosis”. In 1843, James Braid, a Scottish surgeon, coined the terms “hypnotism” and “hypnosis.”. He conducted experiments and found that subjects could enter a trance by fixating their gaze on a bright object, such as a silver watch.

  8. Jan 3, 2018 · One of the most notable clinicians that followed Mesmer was a Scottish ophthalmologist, James Braid, who coined the word ‘hypnosis’. It originated from the Greek word for ‘sleep’. Modern science later proved hypnosis was not related to sleep but one thing hypnosis and sleep have in common is the enhancement of our external focus.

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