Considered landmark experiments at that time, these findings impressed and inspired later works of French psychologist Alfred Biet and the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Frued
In fact, Freud used the works of Charot and another French doctor, Hippolyte Bernheim, to strengthen the framework of his initial studies on the unconscious and hypnotism.
Meanwhile, science has enriched laymans dictionary once again since it was in this time that Ambroise-Auguste Liebault coined the term rapport meaning that critical and required consensus between the hypnotist and the subject for a successful hypnosis session. Today, we still use the word rapport to mean that pleasant communication connection between two parties, a certain similarity in wavelength.
Hypnotism and War
A powerful weapon, a strategic device, an intelligence technique and a medical tool all these roles were said to have been taken by hypnosis during World Wars I and II.
War trauma is common to soldiers who have faced the horrors of war. Hypnotism was used by physicians to help patients in letting go of their repressed memories, and to eventually treat amnesia or other resulting conditions. This kind of therapy also helps the patient alleviate emotional and mental tensions resulting from the trauma.
