Jack Stanley Gibson

Jack Stanley Gibson (3 November 1909 – 2 April 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 Gibson graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, in 1933. The following year, he was the youngest surgeon ever to become a Fellow of the college, at the age of 25. 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. Relax and Live - A Practical Guide (1992) Memoirs of an Irish Surgeon—An Enchanted Life (1999)