Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine / by James Esdaile.

Date:
1846
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Credit: Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine / by James Esdaile. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    where there was ample accommoclation for all, — the party having tailed off considerably. Dr. E. said that he would attempt to show, in a more striking manner, the great distance .at which the mesmeric influence could be felt. A man was brought in, and made to sit on the floor with his back to the wall, and the Doctor sat down opposite him at the other end of the room, which I afterwards measured, and found to be eighty feet long. We all congregated at the other end to watch the effects of this 'Long Range,' and I heard some good jokes cut, about keeping out of the line of fire, and the danger of the sun bursting, &c. The Doctor had proved his gun however, I suppose, as he very coolly and steadily took aim at his man, keeping his hands extended, and moving them across his face, and from head to foot. I could distinguish no sensible effects for ten minutes, and I imagine he became impatient, as he took a look at his opponent through an opera glass, and then desired him to to rise, to judge of the effects I presume. The man obeyed with great difficulty, and his tor- menter, taking another look through his glass, appeared to be satisfied with his work, as he cried S