Albert Abraham Mason

Dr. Albert Abraham Mason (1926 – 16 May 2018) was an anesthesiologist at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, England who used hypnosis to treat pain and common ailments.[1] He is known for his accidental treatment of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis through hypnosis.[2][3][4][5] He reportedly stumbled upon this treatment in 1952.[6]

Publications
  • Mason, Albert Abraham (1960). Hypnotism for Medical and Dental Practitioners. Secker & Warburg. OCLC 30252296.

References
  1. Holmes, Marcia (28 July 2016). "Albert Mason on the medicine and magic of hypnotism". Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. "Hypnosis Aids in Fight on Skin Diseases". Los Angeles Times. 25 November 1954. p. 1. ISSN 0458-3035. ProQuest 166706903.
  3. "Hypnotism Becomes Respectable". The Irish Times. 27 November 1954. p. 8. ProQuest 522520175.
  4. "Hypnosis to Clear Skin Disorders". The Manchester Guardian. 30 October 1954. p. 3. ProQuest 479681428.
  5. "Skin Disease Cleared Up by Hypnosis". Detroit Free Press. 1 November 1954. p. 40. ISSN 1055-2758. ProQuest 1817942401.
  6. Koestler, Arthur (20 April 1969). "Hypnotic Horizons". The Observer. p. 30. ISSN 0029-7712. ProQuest 475887660.


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