Who discovered hypnosis? Detailed answer

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Who discovered hypnosis?

If one person has the power of authority, such as a policeman, a teacher, a statesman, he can force people to obey him. But he can't make people think or feel the way he wants to. But in hypnosis, the amazing thing is that the hypnotized feels and thinks the way the hypnotist wants.

For example, a hypnotized person can be made to shake as if it is cold and freezing. Or, at the request of the hypnotist, he may perspire, as if there is heat around him. You can make a person turn pale, as from fright, and blush, as from shame. You can make him hate the food he loves and admire the one he previously hated.

But a person can hardly be hypnotized if he does not want to. And it is also impossible to force him to do something illegal or immoral if he would not have done it in a normal state. This strange ability to influence people's behavior and feelings is not a new discovery. It is as old as witchcraft, magic and medicine. The power of hypnosis has been inherent in certain people since early times, even among primitive peoples. It has been used as a form of medicine since the dawn of civilization. Nowadays, of course, hypnosis has been studied scientifically, and its scientific understanding begins in the last decades of the XNUMXth century.

In Vienna, there was Dr. Franz A. Mesmer, who began to use hypnosis to treat mentally ill people. At first it was called "mesmerism". But Dr. Mesmer did not fully understand what hypnosis was. He thought it was a manifestation of a force called "animal magnetism". He was sure that this power was transferred from the hypnotist to the object. In view of the strangeness of what happens during this process, Dr. Mesmer and "mesmerism" were considered by many doctors as a fraud. Then, almost 100 years later, the English physician James Bride conducted a more scientific study of the phenomenon. He introduced the words "hypnotism", "hypnosis". And since then it has become the subject of study by scientists.

Author: Likum A.

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Where was the candle invented?

The first lighting device used by man was a burning wooden stick, which was taken out of a fire. The first lamp was a recessed stone, shell or skull, filled with animal or fish oil as fuel, and with a wick of reed, reed or cord woven from wood fiber.

Candles have been around for a very long time. They were crude cylinders of wax or other greasy substance that surrounded a wick of wood fiber or a piece of twisted cloth. Candles made of beeswax appeared a very long time ago, and we find mention of them from Roman authors.

The quality of the candles has remained constant for many years. Until the middle of the XNUMXth century, candle making was the responsibility of housewives. It was done like this. Fat, which was obtained from sheep or bulls, was melted in a large saucepan. A loosely twisted thread of cotton, which was twice as long as the candle itself, was hung on a twig and the ends were woven together. A number of such threads were dipped several times in the melted tallow and allowed to cool after each dive.

When the layer of fat reached the desired thickness, the candle was ready. Sometimes melted lard was poured into cylindrical molds where a wick was inserted, but more often candles were made by dipping.

Modern factories where candles are produced have significantly improved their quality. Now the wick is made from a slightly twisted cotton thread and uses beeswax, paraffin, lard and other fat-containing substances.

They are processed in such a way that the candle gives as much light as possible and less soot. In ancient times, candles smoked heavily and emitted an unpleasant odor, as the lard contained glycerin. Modern manufacturers have learned to get rid of it.

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