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Alterations of personality

The Philosopy of Sleep

Also known as Numerous Cases of Surgical Operations Without Pain in the Mesmeric State

by Alfred Binet, John Elliotson, James Esdaile & Robert Macnish

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

706 p. in various pagings ; 24 cm. -- Reprint of works previously published 1834-1846 Includes bibliographical references and index

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics and Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Hypnotism” and “Mesmerism”. Retained metadata contains “mesmeric” in the alternative title, “Hypnotism” in the subject metadata, “Mesmerism” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Mesmerism· via Internet Archive
    • Mesmerism· via Open Library
    • Hypnotism· via Open Library
    • mesmeric· in alternative title
    • Hypnotism· in subject
    • Mesmerism· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Consciousness”. Retained metadata contains “Consciousness” in the subject metadata.

    • Consciousness· via Internet Archive
    • Consciousness· via Open Library
    • Consciousness· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 6 editions; 3 cataloged here.

Numerous Cases of Surgical Operations Without Pain in the Mesmeric State: Mesmerism in India

June 30, 1977University Publications of AmericaEnglish
  • 9780313269349
  • 0313269343
No ebook

Significant Contributions to the History of Psychology 1750-1920

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

June 1977Greenwood Pub Group; Washington, D.C. : University Publications of AmericaEnglish
  • 9780890931592
  • 0890931593
Public

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1896D. Appleton and companyEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: University of Michigan
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL2506183W
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