Albert_Abraham_Mason

Albert Abraham Mason

Albert Abraham Mason

British anesthesiologist (1926–2018)

Dr. Albert Abraham Mason (1926 – 16 May 2018) was an anesthesiologist at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, England who used hypnosis to treat pain and common ailments.[1] He is known for his accidental treatment of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis through hypnosis.[2][3][4][5] He reportedly stumbled upon this treatment in 1952.[6]

Publications

  • Mason, Albert Abraham (1960). Hypnotism for Medical and Dental Practitioners. Secker & Warburg. OCLC 30252296.

References

  1. [1]
    Holmes, Marcia (28 July 2016). "Albert Mason on the medicine and magic of hypnotism". Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Hypnosis Aids in Fight on Skin Diseases". Los Angeles Times. 25 November 1954. p. 1. ISSN 0458-3035. ProQuest 166706903.
  3. [3]
    "Hypnotism Becomes Respectable". The Irish Times. 27 November 1954. p. 8. ProQuest 522520175.
  4. [4]
    "Hypnosis to Clear Skin Disorders". The Manchester Guardian. 30 October 1954. p. 3. ProQuest 479681428.
  5. [5]
    "Skin Disease Cleared Up by Hypnosis". Detroit Free Press. 1 November 1954. p. 40. ISSN 1055-2758. ProQuest 1817942401.
  6. [6]
    Koestler, Arthur (20 April 1969). "Hypnotic Horizons". The Observer. p. 30. ISSN 0029-7712. ProQuest 475887660.


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