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Regnard P. Les maladies épidémiques de l’esprit : sorcellerie, magnétisme, morphinisme, délire des grandeurs, 1887.

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Catalog Record: Regnard P. Les maladies épidémiques de l’esprit : sorcellerie, magnétisme, morphinisme, délire des grandeurs, 1887.

Title: Les maladies épidémiques de l’esprit : sorcellerie, magnétisme, morphinisme, délire des grandeurs / par le Dr. Paul Regnard.

AccessKey: acuj

Author: Regnard, Paul.

WLM Call Number: WO 390 R26 1887 RB

Accession NO.: 9160

Publisher: Paris : E. Plon, 1887.

Physical Descrip xii, 429 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Language: fre

Subject: Morphine.
Subject: Ether, Sulphuric.
Subject: Witchcraft.
Subject: Hypnosis.
Subject: Somnambulism.
Subject: Mesmerism.

Abstract: This work includes a sections on sorcery and witchcraft during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries followed by a discussion of somnambulism and mesmerism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Finally, morphine and ether use during the 19th century is discussed. Opium, from which morphine was derived, is described with numerous illustrations detailing its addictive qualities.

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