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**Title:** Handbook of Suggestive Therapeutics, Applied Hypnotism, Psychic Science: A Manual of Practical Psychotherapy
**Author:** Henry S. Munro, M.D. (Omaha, Nebraska)
**Publisher:** C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis
**Publication Year:** 1912 (Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
**Binding:** Original Dark Green Ribbed Cloth with Gilt Spine Lettering
**Illustrations:** Frontispiece photographic plate demonstrating hypnotic state ("Voluntary Receptivity")
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**ITEM DESCRIPTION & HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE**
Up for sale is an authentic 1912 third edition printing of Dr. Henry S. Munro's fascinating text, "Handbook of Suggestive Therapeutics, Applied Hypnotism, Psychic Science." Published by the medical specialty publisher C. V. Mosby Company, this highly sought-after volume stands as a crucial historical window into the development of early American psychotherapy, suggestion therapy, and clinical hypnotism.
Dr. Munro designed this practical manual specifically for general practitioners of medicine and surgery to utilize psychological mechanisms to aid physical healing. The textbook features comprehensive early chapters on the scientific basis of psychotherapy, methods for demonstrating hypnotism, training the subconscious self, psychoanalysis in treating psychoneuroses, and suggestion in education and obstetrics.
A spectacular, highly unusual centerpiece addition for any collector specializing in the history of psychology, mental science, psychiatry, or alternative medical history.
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**CONDITION REPORT**
* **Overall Condition:** Good to Very Good antique condition.
* **Cover & Binding:** Original dark green textured cloth boards with clean blind-stamped borders. The structural binding is strong, square, and fully secure. The cloth exterior shows some typical age-related scuffing, shelf-wear, and rubbing to the corners.
* **Spine:** The gold gilt lettering on the spine remains entirely complete and legible, with typical light wear at the head and foot of the spine.
* **Interior Pages & Plates:** The text block is very well-preserved. Pages are clean, supple, and crisp. The dramatic photographic frontispiece plate showing a patient in a hypnotic trance is fully intact and beautifully clear. Free from heavy modern ink notes or distracting highlighting.
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**SHIPPING & HANDLING**
This unique antique book will be carefully wrapped in multiple protective layers of bubble wrap and shipped inside a sturdy, crush-resistant box to ensure it arrives in the exact condition pictured. Shipped safely via trackable mail. Please don't hesitate to message me if you have any questions or require specific additional photos!
