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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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