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Between Charcot and Bernheim: The Debate on Hypnotism in Fin-De-Siècle Italy (2017)

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Controversies and disputes Hypnosis and hypnotism 19th century Italy Bernheim, Hippolyte Marie Charcot, Jean Martin

In the late 1870s, a small group of Italian psychiatrists became interested in hypnotism in the wake of the studies conducted by the French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Eager to engage in hypnotic research, these physicians referred to the scientific authority of French and German scientists in order to overcome the scepticism of the Italian medical community and establish hypnotism as a research subject based on Charcot's neuropathological model. In the following years, French studies on hypnotism continued to exert a strong influence in Italy. In the mid 1880s, studies on hypnotic suggestion by the Salpêtrière and Nancy Schools of hypnotism gave further impetus to research and therapeutic experimentation and inspired the emergence of an interpretative framework that combined theories by both hypnotic schools. By the end of the decade, however, uncertainties had arisen around both hypnotic theory and the therapeutic use of hypnotism. These uncertainties, which were linked to the crisis of the neuropathological paradigm that had to a large extent framed the understanding of hypnotism in Italy and the theoretical disagreements among the psychiatrists engaged in hypnotic research, ultimately led to a decline in interest in hypnotism in Italy.

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Authors & Contributors
Wolffram, Heather
Schott, Heinz G.
Maehle, Andreas-Holger
Bernheim, Hippolyte
Armocida, Emanuele
Leporiere, Lorenzo
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Comptes Rendus du Congrès National des Sociétés Savantes, Section des Sciences
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Medicina Historica
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Medical History
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Springer
International Universities Press
Fayard
Bloomsbury Academic
Concepts
Hypnosis and hypnotism
Controversies and disputes
Psychology
Medicine
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Mesmerism
People
Bernheim, Hippolyte Marie
Charcot, Jean Martin
Delboeuf, Joseph
Page, Herbert W.
Riccò, Annibale
Erichsen, John Eric
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Italy
France
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
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