Pathological Inertness

Finally it is necessary to discuss the fantasy, the breach from real life toward a fanciful one that the hysteric shows. There is reason to believe that these symptoms are connected one with the other. As is shown by the observations of Bernheim and others on hypnotised normal subjects as well as by ours on dogs, we must recognise many phases of the hypnosis, passing from one hardly distinguishable from the waking state to full sleep.