Braid J. Electro-biological phenomena considered physiologically and psychologically, 1851.

Catalog Record: Braid J. Electro-biological phenomena considered physiologically and psychologically, 1851.

Title: Electro-biological phenomena considered physiologically and psychologically / by James Braid.

AccessKey: actm

Author: Braid, James.

WLM Call Number: WO 390 B814e 1851 RB

Accession NO.: 902

Publisher: Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox, 1851.

Physical Description: 33 p. ; 21 cm.

Document Type: Pamphlet

Subject: Hypnosis – England.
Subject: Hypnosis – history.
Subject: Hypnosis – therapeutic use.
Subject: Electrophysiology.

Type of Trace: Reprinted from
Title: The Monthly Journal of Medical Science, for June 1851 with an appendix.

Abstract: This work was derived from Braid’s lecture in Manchester delivered in response to the popular reception of experiments on “electro-biology.” Braid differentiates this phenomen from hypnotism citing experiments he had conducted nine years previously to point out that the hypnotic influence was a psychical and mental phenomenon, not physical nor electric as contended by the electro-biologists.

Content Notes: Includes appendix, p. 23-33.

General Notes: A. E. Waite, an authority on James Braid, pointed out that Braid considered “electro-biology” a pirated mode of his hypnotic phenomenon.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics July 21, 2011.

General Notes: “Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution, Manchester, March 26, 1851.”