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Irish surgeon
Jack Stanley Gibson
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Born
| 1909
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Died
| April 2, 2005
(2005-04-02)
(aged 95?96)
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Nationality
| Irish
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Education
| Royal College of Surgeons
, Dublin
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Occupation
| Surgeon
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Years active
| 1933?1979
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Known for
| Advocating the use of hypnosis as an alternative to anaesthetics
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Notable work
| How to Stop Smoking
(popular LP)
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Jack Stanley Gibson
(1909?2005) was an
Irish
surgeon
remembered for having advocated the use of
hypnosis
as an alternative to
anaesthetics
, not only through his surgical practice, but also through popular
phonograph records
, books, and
videotapes
.
Life and career
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Gibson graduated from the
Royal College of Surgeons
,
Dublin
, in 1933.
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The following year, he was the youngest surgeon ever to become a Fellow of the College, at the age of 25.
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After
locums
in
Aden
,
Nyasaland
, and
South Africa
, he became Dean of
Durban Medical School
in 1939. During
World War II
, he served with the
Emergency Medical Service
in Britain, treating wounded soldiers.
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After a brief return to private practice in South Africa, he spent the 1950s in
Guernsey
. In 1959 he briefly went to
Hailie Selassie
Hospital in
Ethiopia
as a surgeon, then back to Dublin to take an appointment at Dr Steeven's Hospital.
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In 1959 Gibson became County Surgeon for Kildare in the Republic of Ireland, working mainly at Naas Hospital until he retired in 1979. He then dedicated himself to treating psychosomatic illnesses, using deep relaxation techniques and expanding his Relaxology Series of self-help recordings, until he died 25 years later.
In 1965, Gibson began producing his
self hypnosis
material in popular media.
How to Stop Smoking
was Ireland's best-selling
LP
of January 1971.
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Gibson died in the Naas General Hospital on 2 April 2005, at the age of 95.
Works
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Recordings
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- "How to Relax" (EP, 1969);
How to Stop Smoking
(LP, 1971); "How to Lose Weight" (LP, 1972); "How to Sleep Better" (LP, 1972); "Painless Childbirth" (LP, 1972); and 30 subsequent recordings between 1972 and 2002 covering topics such as accidents, acne, acting, adolescence, anorexia, arthritis, asthma, bed-wetting, binge-eating, blushing, business efficiency, dermatitis, drinking, fear, flying, migraine, nail-biting, pain, period pain, relaxation, perfectionism, snoring, stammering, studying, warts and many others.
Videotapes
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- The Power of the Subconscious
(in which he performs eye surgery under hypnosis)
- A Compilation of the Work of Dr. Jack Gibson (comprising 4 TV Documentaries over 40 years)
Books
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- The Life and Times of an Irish Hypnotherapist
(1989)
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- Relax and Live - A Practical Guide
(1992)
- Memoirs of an Irish Surgeon?An Enchanted Life
(1999)
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