Who was the first physician to use hypnosis in the treatment of hysteria?
Correct answer: C. Charcot
- A. Mesmer
- B. Freud
- C. Charcot
- D. Jung
Explanation
Jean-Martin Charcot, a physician and neurologist, used hypnosis systematically to investigate and treat hysteria. Mesmer preceded him with animal magnetism, but was not the physician associated with this clinical use of hypnosis.
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