Neilson W. Mesmerism in its relation to health and disease, and the present state of medicine, 1855.

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Catalog Record: Neilson W. Mesmerism in its relation to health and disease, and the present state of medicine, 1855.

Title: Mesmerism in its relation to health and disease, and the present state of medicine / by William Neilson.

AccessKey: actf

Author: Neilson, William.

WLM Call Number: WO 391 N350 1855 RB

Accession NO.: 0835

Publisher: Edinburgh : Shepherd & Elliot, 1855.

Physical Description: xi, [13]-250 p. ; 19 cm.

Subject: Mesmerism – history.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – history.
Subject: Mesmerism – therapeutic use.
Subject: Mesmerism – Great Britain – History – 19th century.
Subject: Animal Magnetism – therapeutic use.
Subject: Animal Magnetism.
Subject: Mesmerism.

Abstract: Neilson presents a strong defense of the use of mesmerism to cure
disease arguing that is very compatible with other medical practices.

Content Notes: The present state of medicine – The faculty and novelties – The faculty
and mesmerism – Who is to judge – The curative force – Concerning
mesmerism – Clairvoyance – History of mesmerism – Objections to
mesmerism – Mesmerism in the family – Appendix: 1. The faculty; 2.
Chloroform; 3. Od; 4. Cases of mesmeric cures.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics November 30, 2011.