Facts in Mesmerism, with reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into itLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 - 575 pages |
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Page 32
... manifestation of the mesmeric phenomena , but that persons in perfect health have frequently exhibited them . It may also be asserted , that fear and nervous agitation are wholly incompatible with their genuine develop- ment . These may ...
... manifestation of the mesmeric phenomena , but that persons in perfect health have frequently exhibited them . It may also be asserted , that fear and nervous agitation are wholly incompatible with their genuine develop- ment . These may ...
Page 86
... manifest effect was produced . patient's eyes closed as by a spell , and his head followed the mesmeriser's hand in the usual manner . Charles , the elder brother , now got up from his chair , when Edward rose also . The former raised ...
... manifest effect was produced . patient's eyes closed as by a spell , and his head followed the mesmeriser's hand in the usual manner . Charles , the elder brother , now got up from his chair , when Edward rose also . The former raised ...
Page 114
... manifestation , and variable as well as hypochondriac character . I have wished to show that mesmeric sleepwaking is a state , and a peculiar state , into which man gene- rally has the capacity of passing ; and surely I have said enough ...
... manifestation , and variable as well as hypochondriac character . I have wished to show that mesmeric sleepwaking is a state , and a peculiar state , into which man gene- rally has the capacity of passing ; and surely I have said enough ...
Page 171
... manifest absurdity in the supposition that it is ( as some one called it ) a mere " voluptuous juggle , " an affair of the senses and of sexual feeling . The attraction towards the mesmeriser , testified by the patient , which has ...
... manifest absurdity in the supposition that it is ( as some one called it ) a mere " voluptuous juggle , " an affair of the senses and of sexual feeling . The attraction towards the mesmeriser , testified by the patient , which has ...
Page 176
... it may also be conceded that a want of moral perceptions generally is the produce and accompaniment of a degraded intellect . The in- creased sincerity which persons manifest in the mes- meric state 176 MESMERIC SLEEPWAKING .
... it may also be conceded that a want of moral perceptions generally is the produce and accompaniment of a degraded intellect . The in- creased sincerity which persons manifest in the mes- meric state 176 MESMERIC SLEEPWAKING .
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