Identifier: mindbodyhypnotis00halp (find matches)
Title: Mind and body; hypnotism and suggestion applied in therapeutics and education
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Halphide, Alvan Cavala
Subjects: Hypnotism Therapeutics, Suggestive
Publisher: Chicago, The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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by a mutual friend, who was great-ly concerned about his welfare. He waswell educated and unusually bright intel-lectually, having always held responsiblepositions before he was overtaken and over-come by the drink habit. But now he was in ahelpless condition, not daring to take a position,knowing from bitter experience that he couldnot hold one. Poverty and worse stared him inthe face. Could anything be done for him ? Washypnotism equal to such a case? Yes, providedhe was a good subject for suggestive treatment,as he proved to be. Hypnosis was induced and suggestions givento the effect that he would lose his appetite fordrink; that it was a habit and he had strengthto resist it; that he would avoid saloons and thecompanions with whom he had frequented them;that he would take pride in his victory over hishabit, for he would certainly conquer it. After three sittings at intervals of two or threedays he went about town seeking employment,and for several months was absolutely freed from
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CLINICAL HYPNOTISM. 177 the domination of his old enemy. He evencourted temptation by going into saloons andmeeting his associates of those evil days. Alasfor weak man! Pride goeth before a fall. Heobtained a position through the aid of his help-ful friend, and hope came back and prosperitydawned. He was so sure of himself that hewent out with the boys and took an occasionaldrink to show them that he was master of him-self. But the old haunts and boon companionsand occasional drinks were too much for himand he went down with a crash. ...» V$&&i If this man had done as we advised and urged,taken a few more suggestive treatments, hewould not have gone down again. He may becured yet, but in any case his experience shouldteach us a lesson. It is cited here to emphasizethe necessity of using suggestion as we do othermeans of cure; it should be continued until thecure is completed, and then, good sense shouldbe used about exposure to influences likely tocause a relapse. There is no

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