Abstract
It would be difficult to find a subject, which is more controversial and poorly understood, than hypnosis in the entire Medical field. This controversy related to the medical use of hypnosis has had a convoluted rout and history, since the time of Franz Mesmer in 1765, to the time in 1953, when British Medical Association issued a report, which supported its beneficial role in certain conditions/illnesses
Keywords: Medical Hypnosis
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- 12.Increases the patient’s ability to relax.
- 13.There is no depression of the respiratory or circulatory functions.
- 14.There is some shortening of the first stage of labour.
- 15.Increases the patient’s resistance to obstetric shock and the patient is much less exhausted.
- 16.Does not interfere with the mechanics of labour.
- 17.Reduces pain by relieving the `fear pain tension’ syndrome.
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- 19.It affords better control over the rate of expulsion of the head and shoulders.
- 20.Episiotomy can be performed quite painlessly. Most women feel remarkably fit and well after hypnotic delivery.(4,5,6,7,11)