- Jack Stanley Gibson
Dr Jack Stanley Gibson (1909-2005) was an Irish
surgeon remembered for having advocated the use ofhypnosis as an alternative toanaesthetics , not only through his surgical practice, but also through popular phonograph records, books, andvideotape s.Life and career
Gibson graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons,
Dublin , in 1933.cite news
url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/330/7505/1452
title=Obituary: Jack Stanley Gibson
publisher=BMJ
date=June 18 2005
accessdate=2007-07-27] He became the youngest ever, at the age of 25, to gain the fellowship in 1934.Fact|date=April 2007 Afterlocum s inAden ,Malawi , andSouth Africa , he became Dean of Durban Medical School in 1939. DuringWorld War II , he served with the Emergency Medical Service in Britain, treating wounded soldiers.After a brief return to private practice in South Africa, he spent the 1950s in
Guernsey . In 1959 briefly went toHailie Selassie Hospital inEthiopia as a surgeon, then back to Dublin to take an appointment at Dr Steeven's Hospital.In 1965, Gibson began producing his
self hypnosis material in popular media. "How to Stop Smoking" was Ireland's best-selling LP of 1971.Dr Gibson died peacefully in the Naas General Hospital on Saturday 2 April 2005 aged 95.
Works
Records
* "How to Stop Smoking" (LP, 1971)
Videotapes
* "The Power of the Subconscious" (in which he performs eye surgery under hypnosis)
Books
* "The Life and Times of an Irish Hypnotherapist" (1989)
* "Relax and Live" (1992)
* "Memoirs of an Irish Surgeon—An Enchanted Life" (1999).References
External links
* [http://www.drjackgibson.com/ Dr Jack Gibson] official website
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