Cheshire Hypnotherapy and Counselling in Altrincham:: Hypnosis : The history of hypnosis

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Hypnosis – A brief history

Hypnosis benefits were first discovered by Franz Mesmer in 1775. A Scottish doctor, James Braid, changed the name from Magnetism to Hypnosis much later in 1884 when he established it as a psychological phenomenon. It was during this time that a surgeon named James Esdaile performed some 2,000 operations and even amputations with his patients under hypno-anesthesia and reported them feeling no pain. 

By 1947 hypnosis was being used by dentists in the U.S., and in 1958 the American medical association approved the therapeutic use of hypnosis by physicians. The British Medical Association recognised hypnosis as an effective form of therapy in 1955. In 1995 the National Institute of Health recommended hypnosis be incorporated into healthcare to a greater degree.

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Tel: 0161 928 9830 Altrincham consulting room
Email: lisa@cheshirehypnotherapy.co.uk