Wikipedia's own article on James Braid, the Scottish surgeon regarded as the father of hypnotism, is a tertiary encyclopedic source, cited here for his own birth, since his book Neurypnology, the existing source on his work, does not cover his biography. Its strength is that it reliably records this standard biographical fact. Its limit is the ordinary one for a crowd edited encyclopedia entry: fine for uncontroversial biography, not a substitute for Braid's own writing on hypnotism or later scholarship on it.
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Reliability Tier3
Reliability tier 3: a Wikipedia entry, written and revised by unnamed volunteer editors, suited to standard biographical fact the subject's own book, the existing source, does not cover. NotesWikipedia's article on James Braid, the father of hypnotism; his own book Neurypnology, the existing source, does not cover his own birth.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Braid_(surgeon)
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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