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Among the scientific hypnotists, the conviction was growing for some time that it is hardly an advantage for the psychological, educational, or even medical research and treatment to deal with an obedient but secretly disgruntled slave whose muscles are bound by the fetters of powerful inhibition or, to modify the analogy, to deal with a dummy unable to think, reason and criticize. Some authors, notably B. Sidis and, more recently, J. Goldwyn, went so far in the direction opposite to the popular tradition as to contend that the state of simple somnolence caused by the monotony of sensations and by the limitation of voluntary activities is sufficient for many therapeutic purposes.

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