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1906

Janet delivers lectures on “The Major Symptoms of Hysteria” at Harvard and another series on psychotherapeutics at Lowell Institute, leading to interest among American neurologists in hysteria, hypnosis, and the psychological point of view. By July, 1907, 79 papers and 10 books under heading “psychotherapy” listed in the Index Medicus (Brown, 8).