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Full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2023349/pdf/brmedj03491-0055e.pdf
Your correspondent, Dr. J. F. Tuthill (April 12, p. 816), is in error in claiming that no doctor has reported on a single case of harm resulting from stage hypnotism. Five such cases are reported in Vol. 3, No. 3, of the British Jouirnal of Medical Hypnotism. Another, resulting from amateur " mesmerism," was reported in Vol. 2, No. 3. The Maudsley Hospital will no doubt be pleased to satisfy his curiosity concerning at least one case admitted for several weeks, and ill for years. Reference to the Ministry of Health. the National Association for Mental Health, Dr. Somerville Hastings, the sponsor of the Bill to ban stage hypnotism, as well as the several hospitals to which cases have been admitted recently should convince him that his " sporting contest " is not without considerable danger. These are known and proved cases. It is quite possible that there are many other cases of mysterious neuroses either unrecognized or too afraid to come forward for fear of unwelcome publicity.
Keywords: Suicide |