Neurypnology James Braid -

The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology provides a complete digital copy of the 1899 edition, which includes Waite's extensive biographical introduction.

The second half of Neurypnology details Braid’s use of hypnosis to treat conditions like paralysis, rheumatism, and aphasia. NEURYPNOLOGY James Braid

James Braid’s seminal work, Neurypnology; or, the Rationale of Nervous Sleep (1843), is considered the foundational text of modern hypnotism. In it, Braid moved the field away from the mystical "animal magnetism" of Franz Mesmer toward a physiological and scientific understanding of trance as a state of "nervous sleep". Core Principles of Neurypnology and aphasia. James Braid’s seminal work