A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition : and also on animal fascination, or charming / by Rufus Blakeman.

  • Blakeman, Rufus.
Date:
1849
  • Books
  • Online

Available online

view A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition : and also on animal fascination, or charming / by Rufus Blakeman.

Contains: 256 images

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition : and also on animal fascination, or charming / by Rufus Blakeman. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : D. Appleton & co.; New Haven : S. Babcock, 1849.

Physical description

206 pages ; 18 cm

Contents

Mental origin of credulity and superstition, and its influence on ancient society.--Witchcraft.--Dreams.--Ghosts.--Ecstacy, trance, &c.--Empiricism and quackery.--Homopathy.--Mesmerism.--Essay on animal fascination or charming

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

Location of original

This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

Permanent link