Otto Georg Wetterstrand (14 September 1845 – 11 July 1907) was a Swedish

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and

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who was a native of

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. Wetterstrand studied medicine at the

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, and in 1871 received his medical license at

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. Later he maintained a

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practice in

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. Wetterstrand was a highly regarded

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whose influence spread beyond

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, and is credited as the first Swedish doctor to use suggestive

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. Among his written works was ''Der Hypnotismus und dessen Anwendung in der praktischen Medicin'', later translated into English and published a
''Hypnotism and its application to practical medicine'
(1897). Wetterstrand was married to Agnes Cecilia Dahlbeck.

References

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''. Swedish psychologists Swedish psychiatrists People from Skövde Municipality Uppsala University alumni 1845 births 1907 deaths {{Sweden-med-bio-stub