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- ↑ "The History of Hypnotism" Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine by Sydney James van Pelt, Magazine for Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.
- ↑ "A Tribute to Dr. Sidney J. Van Pelt (1976)" [usurped]
- ↑ Entry Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Historical Library and Wood Institute of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
