What was Braid's significant contribution?
Hypnotic anaesthesia
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Hypnotic anaesthesia, a significant contribution of James Braid, involved inducing a trance-like state in patients to alleviate pain during surgery. Braid coined the term "hypnotism" and developed techniques for inducing hypnosis, which became a widely used method of anaesthesia before the advent of chemical anaesthetics.
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