Occult Literature
Inhaling Ammonia: A Historical Hypnotism Photograph
A standing operator holds a small object near the face of a seated woman whose head tilts back against an ornate chair. The printed caption identifies the demonstration as Inhaling the Ammonia. Reproduced in de Laurence’s Hypnotism, the posed photograph belongs to a sequence illustrating the author’s historical claims about suggestion and altered sensation.
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Photographer not identified. "Inhaling Ammonia: A Historical Hypnotism Photograph" [editorial title]. In Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing, L. W. de Laurence. Original scan, 1910, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 27. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0018
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- Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing
- A staged hypnotism demonstration
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A staged historical demonstration from the book, reproduced as a period photograph; the accompanying therapeutic claims have not been clinically verified here.
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Photographer not identified. Inhaling Ammonia: A Historical Hypnotism Photograph. Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing. Scan leaf 27. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0018