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audio recordings. He also recorded a series of recordings entitled "Hypno-Analysis" which were actual sessions in hypnosis that he referenced for his course. In 1963, after a long illness, he decided to write his findings on the subject. It was a 336-page book which he dictated to his wife, Pauline, a stenographer, and then gave to his son Robert Elman, an author and editor to edit. He copyrighted and self-published the book in 1964 under the title
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In 1949, Elman decided to pursue teaching hypnosis to people in the medical professions, primarily doctors and dentists. From 1949 through 1962, he traveled extensively throughout
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Soon thereafter, Jacob was diagnosed with cancer. When a family friend relieved the intractable pain quite rapidly with hypnosis, Elman set about learning these techniques from him and began to realize the vast possibilities of hypnosis in the relief of pain outside of traditional medical procedures.
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circuit, and he moved to New York in 1922. His stage name in vaudeville was Elman, shortened from
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accepted the invitation to be his replacement as host. Later, when he was hospitalized for a gallbladder operation, Roosevelt was once more the interim host. She also collaborated with Dave Elman on a movie advocating the use of hobbies as activities for soldiers, which she described in her "My
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In 1906, they moved their wig-making business to the
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