Following the paths taken by Braid et al., more studies on the use of hypnosis in medicine followed with better results this time. Mirroring (though perhaps unconsciously) the practices of ancient doctors, modern medicine started to cautiously tread upon the use of hypnosis as anaesthesia or pain killers. The medicine world then had a strong disbelief in this method; as in a case in 1842, when there was a report of a successful and painless amputation procedure through hypnotism. But it was quickly dismissed.
Still, pro-hypnotism medical professionals persisted with their studies. Dr. James Esdaille, a British physician who practiced in India, performed almost 400 pain-controlled operations with patients under hypnosis. Known as the Father of Hypno-anesthesia, Esdaille also integrated his Western education with the culture in India. Hand-in hand with his medical practice, he also performed a drugless trance theraphy traditionally from Bengal, India. Esdailles cases listed eye, ear, and throat operations, amputations, and tumors and cancerous growth removals. Esdaille reported no pain and zero mortality under his so-called mental anesthesia.
