Collyer RH. Mysteries of the vital element : in connexion with dreams, somnambulism, trance, vital photography, faith and will, anaesthesia, nervous congestion and creative function : modern spiritualism explained, 1871.
Catalog Record: Collyer RH. Mysteries of the vital element : in connexion with dreams, somnambulism, trance, vital photography, faith and will, anaesthesia, nervous congestion and creative function : modern spiritualism explained, 1871.
Title: Mysteries of the vital element : in connexion with dreams, somnambulism trance, vital photography, faith and will, anaesthesia, nervous congestion and creative function : modern spiritualism explained / by Robert H. Collyer.
AccessKey: acab
Author: Collyer, Robert H.
WLM Call Number: WO 211 E81 C715 1871 RB
Accession NO.: 90
Publisher: London : Henry Renshaw, 1871.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Physical Description: viii, 144 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject: Ether Controversy – letter.
Subject: Anesthesia – history.
Subject: Animal Magnetism.
Subject: Mesmerism.
Type of Trace: Not Applicable
Abstract: This work is the author’s second attempt to provide evidence that his
early experiments with mesmerism and the anaesthetic properties of
ether eventually led to the discovery of anesthesia.
Content Notes: Anaesthesia – Contending claims of Horace Wells, Wm. T.G. Morton, and
Dr. Charles T. Jackson – Contending claims of Wm. T.G. Morton and Dr. C.
T. Jackson – Anaesthesia in Europe – Animal magnetism, mesmerism, or
nervous congestion, and other allied topics – Egyptian mysteries –
Somnambulism – Dreams and abnormal brain and vital function – Vital
photography – Creative function – Faith and will – Modern spiritualism
– Appendix.
General Notes: Appendix includes a chronological history of anesthesia.
General Notes: ‘Photocopy” for use was printed from Google books and sits next to
original.
General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics November 30, 2011.
General Notes: 1st ed. has title: The history of anaesthetic discovery.
