Belden LW. An account of Jane C. Rider, the Springfield somnambulist : the substance of which was delivered as a lecture before the Springfield Lyceum, Jan. 22, 1834.

Catalog Record: Belden LW. An account of Jane C. Rider, the Springfield somnambulist : the substance of which was delivered as a lecture before the Springfield Lyceum, Jan. 22, 1834.

Title: An account of Jane C. Rider, the Springfield somnambulist : the substance of which was delivered as a lecture before the Springfield Lyceum, Jan. 22, 1834 / by L.W. Belden.

AccessKey: acbq

Author: Belden, L. W. (Lemuel Whittlesey), 1801-1839.

WLM Call Number: WO 391 B41 1834 RB

Accession NO.: 9129

Publisher: Springfield, [Mass.] : G. and C. Merriam, 1834.

Physical Description: 4[advertisements], viii-[9]-10-134 p. ; 16 cm.

Subject: Rider, Jane C.
Subject: Somnambulism – methods.
Subject: Somnambulism.
Subject: Somnambulism – therapeutic use.

Abstract: One of the earliest accounts on somnambulism in the United States. Belden defines somnambulism as the connecting link between sleep and insanity, regarding it a state of imperfect sleep. The mind might be conscious of external events, yet it is influence by visions of the past. The somnambulistic episodes of Jane C. Rider serve as a case study for this phenomenon.

General Notes: Includes 4 pages of advertisements for publications.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics July 21, 2011.