Jean Casey Hypnosis and Meditation

Hypnoanesthesia and Preparation for Surgery 85

INTRODUCTION 85

Preparation for Surgery / Lillian E. Fredericks 90 • Suggestions for Anesthesia and Surgery / Bertha P. Rodger 91 • Hypnosis and the Anesthetist / John B. Corley 92 • Summary Steps for Preoperative Hypnosis to Facilitate Healing / Ernest L. Rossi and David B. Cheek 94 • Ericksonian Approaches in Anesthesiology / Bertha P. Rodger 94 • Examples of Preoperative Suggestions / Joseph Barber 98 • Preparation for Surgery / Sandra M. Sylvester 98 • Temperature Suggestion Following Chest/Abdominal Surgery / D. Corydon Hammond 101 • Suggestions for Insertion of Needles or Short Procedures / Esther E. Bartlett 101 • Switching Off the Senses / Bertha P. Rodger 101 • Rapid Induction Analgesia / Joseph Barber 102 • Surgical and Obstetrical Analgesia / Ernest L. Rossi and David B. Cheek 106 • Techniques for Surgery / William S. Kroger 107