Despine and the evolution of psychology: historical and medical perspectives on dissociative disorders: a critical edition of A study of the uses of animal magnetism and mineral waters in the treatment of disorders of the nervous system followed by a case

An Annotated Edition Of A Landmark Study In The History Of Psychology, Including Extensive Essays And Other Critical Apparatus That Place Antoine Despine's Work In Its Proper Historical And Scientific Context. Antoine Despine: Magnetizer And Pioneer In The Contemporary Treatment Of Dissociative Disorders / Catherine G. Fine -- Appreciating Despine / Richard P. Kluft -- A Study Of The Uses Of Animal Magnetism And Mineral Water In The Treatment Of Disorders Of The Nervous System Followed By A Case Of A Highly Unusual Cure Of Neuropathy -- Preface And Objectives Of The Author -- Introduction -- A Curious Case Of Neuropathy With Almost Complete Paralysis Using The Springs, Electricity, And Magnetism -- Medical History -- Presentation And Assessment -- Treatment -- First Stage: Treatment And Diagnosis In Aix-en-savoie -- Second Stage: Treatment In Aix-en-savoie -- Last Stage: Estelle's Magnetic Cure In Three Phases -- Phase One Of The Magnetic Cure In Aix-en-savoie -- Phase Two Of The Magnetic Cure In Aix-en-savoie -- Phase Three Of The Magnetic Cure After Estelle Left Aix-en-savoie -- Concluding Reflections. Edited And Translated By Joanne M. Mckeown And Catherine G. Fine. This First English Translation From The French Is A Critical Edition Of Dr. Charles-humbert-antoine Despine's A Study Of The Uses Of Animal Magnetism And Mineral Waters In The Treatment Of Disorders Of The Nervous System Followed By A Case Of A Highly Unusual Cure Of Neuropathy (1840)--p. [v]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [249]-251) And Indexes. Contents......Page 10 List of Photos......Page 12 Translators' Preface......Page 16 Antoine Despine: Magnetizer and Pioneer in the Contemporary Treatment of Dissociative Disorders......Page 26 Appreciating Despine......Page 42 A Study of the Uses of Animal Magnetism and Mineral Waters in the Treatment of Disorders of the Nervous System Followed by a Case of a Highly Unusual Cure of Neuropathy......Page 56 Preface and Objectives of the Author......Page 58 Introduction......Page 64 Medical History......Page 80 Presentation and Assessment......Page 85 Treatment......Page 87 Concluding Reflections......Page 144 Endnote 3 Electric and Galvanic Action of Metals......Page 148 Endnote 4 Hysteria and Its Diverse Phenomena......Page 160 Endnote 5 Imitation, Echo, Attraction-Repulsion......Page 164 Endnote 6 Various States of Somnambulism......Page 168 Endnote 7 Patients' Preferred Vegetarian Diet......Page 170 Endnote 8 My Professional Reputation......Page 172 Endnote 9 The Impact of Extreme Emotional Experiences......Page 178 Endnote 10 Patients' Distinctive Language......Page 182 Endnote 11 The Magnetic Formulas Patients Identify......Page 184 Endnote 12 The Magnetic Power of Count Paul D.......Page 192 Endnote 13 Letters......Page 196 Endnote 14 Patients' Weight, Skin, Hair, Etc.......Page 222 Endnote 15 Patients and Related Reports......Page 224 First Series: Patients of Dr. Despine......Page 226 Second Series: Patients of Other Doctors and Reports by Scholars and Scientists......Page 244 Third Series: Related Reports of Somnambulism and Ecstasy......Page 245 Notes......Page 246 B......Page 268 E......Page 269 L......Page 270 P......Page 271 T......Page 272 V......Page 273 Works Cited......Page 274 F......Page 278 S......Page 279 W......Page 280 G......Page 282 H......Page 283 P......Page 284 V......Page 285 "In 1840, toward the end of his long, productive career, the French physician Charles-Humbert-Antoine Despine published A Study of the Uses of Animal Magnetism and Mineral Waters in the Treatment of Disorders of the Nervous System Followed by A Case of a Highly Unusual Cure of Neuropathy, a seminal work in the history of medicine and psychology. It narrates Despine's decision to use hypnosis and his successful treatment of the paralyzed Estelle, an eleven-year-old Swiss child. A landmark in the study of multiple personality disorder, the monography records one of the first cases of psychotherapy and therapeutic alliance. This annotated translation includes critical medicopsychological information that places the work in its proper historical and scientific context and includes contemporary essays that demonstrate the clinical continuity of Despine's work with current therapies."--BOOK JACKET