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Vital magnetism: its power over disease

a statement of the facts developed by men who have employed this agent under various names, as animal magnetism, mesmerism, hypnotism, etc., from the earliest times down to the present

by Frederick T. Parson & Frederick T. [from old catalog] Parson

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Includes bibliographical references and index Includes index Magnetism as a therapeutical agent -- Status of the practice in Great Britain, views of eminent men -- Status of the practice on the Continent, history of its development -- The evidence of reason and common sense -- The received hypothesis, Dr. Ashburner's theory of polarities, Barth's views: mesmerism not miracle -- Anaesthetic effects of vital magnetism -- On qualifications of magnetic physicians -- Typical cases -- Theorizing -- The testimony of test -- My own position -- Sympathetic influence -- Dr. Newnham's exposition of principles and plea for investigation and adoption by the profession -- Appendix: Dr. Elliotson's adjuration to the profession, and Dr. Esdaile's remarkable protest to the American Congress, Magnetism the first "Anaesthetic"

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

  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Controlled discovery queries from harvard, internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “animal magnetism”, “Animal magnetism”, “Hypnotism”, and 2 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Animal magnetism” in the subtitle, “Hypnotism” in the subtitle, “Mesmerism” in the subtitle, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Hypnotism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Mesmerism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Animal magnetism”· via Open Library
    • “Hypnotism”· via Open Library

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a statement of the facts developed by men who have employed this agent under various names, as animal magnetism, mesmerism, hypnotism, etc., from the earliest times down to the present

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235 p. ; 20 cm.

1877Adams, Victor & Co; Adams, Victor & Co.; Adams, Victor & co.; New York : Adams, Victor & Co.; New York, Adams, Victor & co.English—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • 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.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
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