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  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • A compass whose magnetic needle is entirely surrounded by metal, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. Röntgen, 1895.
  • A practictioner of Mesmerism using Animal Magnetism
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].
  • A young uniformed man sitting with a pillow on his chair, facing a machine giving electro-magnetic treatment; a nurse holds his head in position. Photograph.
  • Advert for Harness' Magnetic Corsets which shows two woman, one seated and one standing, wearing the corsets. Available from The Medical Battery Co. Ltd. 52 Oxford Street, London
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a seated female patient. Wood engraving, ca. 1845.
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a seated female patient. Wood engraving, ca. 1845.
  • A man is violently rubbed with magnets. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • Electro-magnet devised by Aimé Auguste Cotton, in the Académie des Sciences, Paris. Photograph.
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a woman who responds with convulsions. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a woman who responds with convulsions. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • A man hypnotising a woman using the animal magnetism method. Engraving, 1802, after D. Dodd.
  • A man hypnotising a woman using the animal magnetism method. Engraving, 1802, after D. Dodd.
  • Lt. Col. Ashburnham performing animal magnetism on Lt. Col. Forbes. Pen and ink drawing, 183-.
  • Physics: effects of weight, sound, heat, light, electricity and magnetism on solids, liquids and gases. Colour lithograph by C. Bethmont.
  • Electricity: seventeen figures showing apparatus related to galvanism, electro-magnetism, magneto-electricity and thermo-electricity. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, 1825/1840?.
  • A large gathering of patients and assistants to Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy, showing use of the special tub at his clinic. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat.
  • A large gathering of patients and assistants to Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy, showing use of the special tub at his clinic. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.
  • An essay on electricity. Explaining the theory and practice of that useful science, and the mode of applying it to medical purposes : with an essay on magnetism / by George Adams.