Contents: Historical; The Dawn of Hypnotism from Mesmer to Braip; The Mental Theory Advocated at Nancy; Hospital Experiments; Progress of the Study Outside of France; Four different Stages of Hypnotic Sleep; Fascination State; The Theory of Hypnotism; Imagination; Expectation; Simulation; Who Can Hypnotize; How to Induce the Hypnotic State; How to Awaken Subjects; Suggestion; Hypnotism in Medicine and Surgery.