Hypnotism and its application to practical medicine

Otto Georg Wetterstrand’s book explores hypnotism as a tool within medical practice, especially in relation to nervous disorders and therapeutic suggestion. It is significant for showing how late nineteenth-century physicians tried to integrate hypnosis into legitimate treatment, and readers will find case-based discussion and medical reflections on its efficacy.

Otto Georg Wetterstrand was a Swedish physician best known for his work on hypnosis and psychotherapy. While not primarily an occult author, his writings on suggestibility and altered states were influential in broader fin-de-siècle discussions of mind, healing, and psychical phenomena.