Quote#Books & Reading
..before being hypnotized, she could not distinguish the capitals in…
Quote byJames Braid · 1795–1860
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hypnotising for improvement of eyesight, in “Neurypnology; or, The rationale of nervous sleep, considered in relation ...”, p. 68..
English (original)
..before being hypnotized, she could not distinguish the capitals in the advertising columns of a newspaper. After being hypnotized, however, she could, in a few minutes, see to read the large and second heading of the newspaper, and next day, to make herself a blond cap, threading her needle WITHOUT the aid of glasses.
— James Braid
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