Husson HM. Report on the magnetical experiments made by the Commission of the Royal Academy of Medicine, of Paris, read in the meetings of June 21 and 28, 1831.

Catalog Record: Husson HM. Report on the magnetical experiments made by the Commission of the Royal Academy of Medicine, of Paris, read in the meetings of June 21 and 28, 1831.

Title: Report on the magnetical experiments made by the Commission of the Royal Academy of Medicine, of Paris, read in the meetings of June 21 and 28, 1831 / by Mr. Husson, the reporter ; translated from the French and preceded with an introduction by Charles Poyen St. Sauveur.

AccessKey: acti

Author: Husson, Henri Marie.

Corp. Author: Acade´mie de me´decine (France).

WLM Call Number: WO 390 H972 1836 RB

Accession No.: 4205

Publisher: Boston : D.K. Hitchcock, 1836.

Physical Descrip: lxxi, [73]-172 p. ; 18 cm

Language: eng

Provenance: Copy 1 with bookplates of Abel Lawrence Peirson,1794-1853, Massachusetts surgeon, one of the pioneers of ether anesthesia, and also book plates of Ralph M. Waters, M.D., donor of this volume.

Subject: Animal Magnetism – methods.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – therapeutic use.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – France.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – philosophy.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – United States.

Type of Trace: Translation Of
Title: Délibérations de l’Académie de médecine sur la question du magnétisme animal.

Related Names: St. Sauveur, Charles Poyen.

Abstract: Report of the findings of the commission set up by the Royal Academy of Medicine of Paris to look into animal magnetism. The report comments favorably on animal magnetism. This English translation includes a lengthy introduction by Charles Poyen St. Sauveur, a prominent figure in the early popularization of animal magnetism in the United States.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics July 21, 2011. c.1.