Occult Literature
Suggested Anaesthesia: The Hat-Pin Demonstration
A man sits with his eyes closed and hands together on his lap while an operator stands beside his chair. The printed caption claims a demonstration of suggested anaesthesia involving hat pins through the forehead, cheeks and lips. The photograph records the presentation of that claim within de Laurence’s Hypnotism. It forms part of a larger staged sequence about suggestion and bodily response.
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Photographer not identified. "Suggested Anaesthesia: The Hat-Pin Demonstration" [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 116. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0087
Source details
- Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing
- Operator beside a seated subject
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. Suggested Anaesthesia: The Hat-Pin Demonstration. Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing. Scan leaf 116. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0087