An 1846 Report Of Tumor Remission Associated With Hypnosis
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 28(1): July 1985; 16-19
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Personal Characteristics
Young female patient
Clinical Characteristics
A cancer (a tumour bigger than a hen’s egg)
Remission Characteristics
During the few days she had been pathetised, the tumour and the pain had disappeared as if by magic, and as they have now been gone for fourteen years the presumption is that she may be considered cured.
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Misdiagnosis, spontaneous remission, and mechanisms within the body’s immune system
Clinical Treatment
Hypnotic anesthesia in surgery
Non-Clinical Treatment
Hypnosis
Additional Notes
The exact nature and diagnosis of this large growth is unclear from the published account, as the term tumor generally refers to a mass which can be either inflammatory, cystic, traumatic, benign, or malignant.