Townshend CH. Facts in mesmerism, with reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into it, 1843.
Catalog Record: Townshend CH. Facts in mesmerism, with reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into it, 1843.
Title: Facts in mesmerism : with reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into it / by the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend.
AccessKey: acqr
Author: Townshend, Chauncy Hare.
WLM Call Number: WO 391 T753 1843 RB
Accession NO.: 2086
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1843.
Year: 1843
Physical Descrip x, 388 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Illustration: Illustration
Language: eng
Subject: Animal Magnetism – methods.
Subject: Mesmerism – therapeutic use.
Subject: Somnambulism – methods.
Subject: Somnambulism – therapeutic use.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – philosophy.
Subject: Mesmerism – methods.
Abstract: In this work Townshend treats mesmerism as a human phenomenon, not as a
curative modality. He describes specific cases of animal magnetism and
somnambulism.
General Notes: This work was dedicated to John Elliotson.
General Notes: According to Crabtree, this work was extremely influential in
legitimating animal magnetism.
General Notes: This title was first published in 1839.
