Dr. Albert Abraham Mason (1926 – 16 May 2018) was an anesthesiologist at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, England who used hypnosis to treat pain and common ailments.[1] He is known for his accidental treatment of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis through hypnosis.[2][3][4][5] He reportedly stumbled upon this treatment in 1952.[6]
Publications
- Mason, Albert Abraham (1960). Hypnotism for Medical and Dental Practitioners. Secker & Warburg. OCLC 30252296.
References
- ^ Holmes, Marcia (28 July 2016). "Albert Mason on the medicine and magic of hypnotism". Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Hypnosis Aids in Fight on Skin Diseases". Los Angeles Times. 25 November 1954. p. 1. ISSN 0458-3035. ProQuest 166706903.
- ^ "Hypnotism Becomes Respectable". The Irish Times. 27 November 1954. p. 8. ProQuest 522520175.
- ^ "Hypnosis to Clear Skin Disorders". The Manchester Guardian. 30 October 1954. p. 3. ProQuest 479681428.
- ^ "Skin Disease Cleared Up by Hypnosis". Detroit Free Press. 1 November 1954. p. 40. ISSN 1055-2758. ProQuest 1817942401.
- ^ Koestler, Arthur (20 April 1969). "Hypnotic Horizons". The Observer. p. 30. ISSN 0029-7712. ProQuest 475887660.
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