De la suggestion et des applications a la thérapeutique

Paris: Octave Doin, 1886. FIRST EDITION. Wood engravings throughout. Original red and black printed wrappers preserved in a glassine sleeve (spine strip worn away). Partially unopened. First edition of this manual of suggestive therapy. The first section was originally published in 1884 but appears here with an entirely new part on therapeutic applications of hypnosis. The author, called the Father of Modern Psychotherapy, addresses the treatment of hysteria and mental illness through hypnotic suggestion. He includes warnings about the dangers and ethical shortcomings to be avoided in clinical hypnotism. Bernheim’s approach to treating psychological ailments through hypnosis proved effective, and his theories were adopted by clinicians all over the world. In fact, in 1888, Sigmund Freud undertook the translation of this book into German.

Crabtree 1127; Norman 211.