Before revision: which was firmly centred on the view that, rather than amplifying the effectiveness of suggestion, "hypnosis" made suggestion inescapable, Bernheim (1889), p.207; COICC (I) (1926), p. 22. and, consequently, it concentrated entirely on the coercive power of the operator's suggestion.Consistent with the mesmerists' (earlier) position, that the directed "power" of an operator's "will" could (mentally) influence a mesmerized subject (see, for instance, Thompson (1845); Ashburner (1847); Thompson (1847); and Lewis (1848), etc.).
After revision: which was firmly centred on their view that, rather than amplifying the effectiveness of suggestion, "hypnosis" made suggestion inescapable, Bernheim (1889), p.207; COICC (I) (1926), p. 22. and, consequently, it concentrated entirely on the coercive power of the operator's suggestion.Consistent with the mesmerists' (earlier) position, that the directed "power" of an operator's "will" could (mentally) influence a mesmerized subject (see, for instance, Thompson (1845); Ashburner (1847); Thompson (1847); and Lewis (1848), etc.).