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The Greek word hypnos means sleep, and Hypnos was the god personification of sleep. The terms hypnosis (noun) and hypnotize (verb) are the modern equivalents of the term "neuro-hypnotism" (nervous sleep) first used by Scottish doctor James Braid. Early scientific studies included those by the German physician Franz Mesmer (1734-1813) from whose name comes the terms mesmerism and mesmerize.

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