A history of hypnotism

Prologue: Franz Anton Mesmer Part I. The Successors of Mesmer: 1. The Royal Commissions and the pamphlet war 2. Puysegur 3. Phenomena and speculations 1784-1789 4. Mesmerism in the German-speaking countries 5. Kluge 6. The revival of magnetism in France 7. Mesmerism and the medical profession in France 1820-1840 8. Mystical magnetism: Germany 9. Mystical magnetism: France 10. Mesmerism in the United States 11. Mesmerism in Britain 12. Topics from the Zoist 13. Animal magnetism: retrospect and reflections Part II. The Heyday of Hypnotism: 14. Precursors of hypnotism 15. Hypnotism and scientific orthodoxy 1875-1885 16. The Nancy school 17. Pierre Janet and his influence 18. Dipsychists and polypsychists 19. Hypnotism and multiple personality in the United States 20. Hypnotism and suggestion at the turn of the century I: preliminary considerations 21. The turn of the century II: hypnotic phenomena 22. The turn of the century III: uses and applications of hypnotism 23. The turn of the century IV: states ostensibly related to hypnosis 24. The turn of the century V: theories of hypnosis 25. The decline of hypnotism Epilogue: hypnotism today: Barber and beyond.