ELLIOTSON, John (1791 – 1868)
1791 – 1868
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1830 CE
#5153
On the glanders in the human subject.
Proof that glanders in the horse is communicable to man.
1831 CE
#2584
Hay fever.
Elliotson was the first to ascertain that pollen was the cause of hay fever.
1843 CE
#5650.2
Numerous cases of surgical operation without pain in the mesmeric state.
Elliotson was one of the first in England to perform surgical operations with the aid of hypnotism. He was a great friend of Dickens and Thackeray, but his views on hypnotism were bitterly opposed by Thomas Wakley, ed…
1843 CE–1856 CE
#9256
The Zoist: A journal of cerebral physiology & mesmerism, and their applications to human welfare. Edited by John Elliotson. 13 vols.
The most comprehensive source about British mesmerism of the period, and an invaluable reference for contemporary ideas and developments not only in mesmerism (hypnosis) but also in phrenology, neurology and psychiatr…