Not only do I recommend practicians in hypnosis to take every sort of precaution for the sake of their patients and themselves; I also urge them to discourage every sign of a frivolous attitude toward this interesting field among their acquaintances and students, and to fight the abuse of hypnotic power by unscrupulous persons pursuing satisfaction of their vanity or an increase of income, rather than growth of knowledge and understanding. Not that hypnosis offers a rich field for abuse. As we have already seen, it is naturally protected against charlatans and criminals, both in regard to physical safety and moral corruption. Nevertheless, this protection is far from being sufficient. On the whole, it is true, as most scientific hypnotists assume, that the subject himself revolts against being forced to commit immoral or anti-social acts. But this is true only under normal and ordinary conditions. The possibility still remains that, in evil and skillful hands, suggestion can be used as a tool of considerable harmfulness.
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