William Baker Fahnestock

William Baker Fahnestock (October 13, 1804 - April 29, 1886) was an American physician who pursued studies in phrenology and mesmerism, coming to develop a working practice of what he called statuvolism (from the Latin: status, "state or condition" + volo, "the will", to mean "a state produced by an act of the will"), essentially the use of hypnosis in medical treatment.