A practical manual of animal magnetism : containing an exposition of the methods employed in producing the magnetic phenomena, with its application to the treatment and cure of diseases / by Alphonse Teste ; translated from the second edition by D. Spillan.

  • Teste, Alph. (Alphonse), 1814-
Date:
1843
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    Chap. II.—Of the Causes which have retarded the Propagation of Magnetism 31 Chap. III.—Conditions necessary to the Produc- tion of the Magnetic Phenomena .... 35 § I. Of Sex 37 § II. Of Age 38 § III. Of the Temperament 41 § IV. Of the Physiological State 42 § V. Moral Conditions 44 § VI. Phrenological Conditions 45 § VII. Of Places, Witnesses, &c ib. Chap. IV.—Classification and Description of the Magnetic Phenomena 47 § I. Precursory Signs of Sleep 48 § II. Of the Magnetic Sleep 55 § III. Of Somnambulism 56 § IV. Of Somnambulism properly so called.... ib. § V. Intelligence and Moral Faculties during Somnambulism 58 § VI. Of Isolation 61 § VII. Of Physical Insensibility 65 Case of Madame Plaintain ib Case communicated to the Academy byM. Oudet 67 § VIII. Of Incomplete Isolation 69 Of the Functions of Organic Life dur- ing Somnambulism 70 Chap. V.—On Lucid Somnamiiueism 71 1. Vision without the Aid of the Eyes 74