Episode
Horizon: Hypnosis
Overview
Horizon explores the misconceptions that people have about what hypnosis is and looks at the medical implications of what it can do.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1967-07-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Hypnosis is Episode 14 in 1967 of Horizon. It aired on 1967-07-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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