īraid was well aware of similar performances by "electro-biologists" in his day e.g., Braid published the contents of an advertising hand-bill for an "electro-biology" performance by a visiting American, George W. Scottish surgeon James Braid developed his technique of hypnosis after witnessing a stage performance by the travelling Swiss magnetic demonstrator Charles Lafontaine (1803–1892) in November 1841. Stage hypnosis evolved out of much older shows conducted by Mesmerists and other performers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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