Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Hypnotism" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
hypnosis, hypnotism, mesmerism, medicine, crime, hypnotic, catalepsy
It is important to use a specific date if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1887 and 1921.
Be prepared to use specific search requests in order to narrow down the large amount of hypnotism articles.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Hypnotic Phenomena"
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, TX), June 29, 1887, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1-2.
"People Susceptible to Hypnotism"
Middlebury Register (Middlebury, VT), March 2, 1888, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2.
"Study of the Hypnotic State"
The Hartford Herald (Hartford, KY), July 25, 1888, Image 1, col. 6.
"Hypnotism!"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), September 24, 1899, Editorial, Page 21, Image 21, col. 6-7.
"The Abuse of Hypnotism"
Jamestown Weekly Alert (Jamestown, ND), December 15, 1892, Image 2, col. 1.
"Hypnotism and Its Relation to Crime"
St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), December 16, 1894, Page 4, Image 4, col. 3-8.
"Hypnosis Machines"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), August 22, 1896, Page 19, Image 19, col. 5-7.
"Hypnotism in a Very Painful Dental Operation"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), September 6, 1896, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1-7.
"The Use of Hypnotism in Medicine"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), July 14, 1901, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Prominent Physician’s Queer Delusions; Hypnotizes Himself"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), May 13, 1904, Page 4, Image 4, col. 5-6.
"Hypnotism: The Greatest Blessing of the Century"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 10, 1908, Magazine Section, Image 29, col. 1-7.
"Increased Use of Hypnotism"
The Sun (New York, NY), December 29, 1912, Fourth Section Pictorial Magazine, Page 11, Image 45, col. 6-7.
"Hypnotism No Longer a Mystery"
University Missourian (Columbia, MO), May 19, 1913, Image 2, col. 3-4.
"Hypnotic Treatment Often Responsible to Complete For Loss of Will Power"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 17, 1915, Home Edition, Page 8, Image 8, col. 7-8.
"The Mysteries of Hypnotism and Transference of Thought"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 1, 1917, Final Edition, Editorial Page, Image 16, col. 4-5.
"Her Heart, Body, and Soul at His Mercy"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 23, 1919, National Edition, American Weekly, Image 25, col. 1-6.
"Professor is Shot by Hypnotized Girl"
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, MN), January 11, 1921, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3-4.

Hypnotism: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America