Mesmerism in India... : second half-yearly report of the Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital... To which is added, Remarks... / by Dr. Elliotson.

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1850
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    V CONTENTS OF THE TWO LAST NUMBERS OF TIIE ZOIST. No. XXVII. Dr. Esdaile’s Testimony to the Reality of Clairvoyance. In a letter to Dr. Elliotson. Cases of Cross-mesmerism, with some Remarks upon the Magnetic and Mes- meric Fluid. By Mr. W. Cattell Note by Dr. Elliotson, on the Disturbances of Mesmeric Sleep-waking. On the Ancient Magic Crystal, and its Connexion with Mesmerism. By Mr. Hockley. Mesmerism and Chloroform in India. By Dr. Elliotson. Great benefit, with remarkable Phenomena, in a severe and long-standing case of St. Vitus’s Dance. By Mr. Barth. Medical and Mesmeric Cure of Erysipelas contrasted; and Cure of a Chronic Inflammation of the Gums. By Mr. Barth. lure of a Case of supposed Consumption, and of one of Chronic Intermittent ntestinal Haemorrhage. By Mr. Joseph Hands. Cure of a Case of Scalded and Stiff Arm, and of one of Scrofulous Sores. By the Wife of a distinguished Mathematical Philosopher. Cure of long-standing Epilepsy; with Clairvoyance and other Phenomena. By Miss Aglionby. The unscrupulous Conduct of the London Medical Gazette, exposed by the Mominij Post. The Clairvoyance of Mr. Haddock’s Subject. By Dr. Elliotson. Death of Miss Barber. Review of the Rev. Dr. Scoresby’s Lectures on Mesmerism. No. XXVIII. Capital Punishment; or, Killing according to Law. With a Note by Dr. Elliotson. “ Second half-yearly Report of the Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital. From 1st March to 1st September, 1849.” With a Letter published in the Calcutta Star from a Visitor to the Hospital; and a private letter from Dr. Esdaile to Dr. Elliotson. On the conduct of the British Medical Journalists, and nearly the whole of the Medical Profession, in reference to the greatest of medical^blessings with some hints to the Public on Mesmerisers. By Dr. Elliotson. Cases of Insanity, severe Nervous Affections, Hypochondriasis, Deafness, &c. By Henry Storer, M.D., Bristol, Physician to the Bristol Mesmeric Institute. Review of “ Illustrations and Enquiries relating to Mesmerism, Part I., by the Rev. S. R. Maitland, D.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., some time Librarian to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and Keeper of the MSS. at Lambeth. London : William Stephenson.”—pp. 82. A few of Mr. Capern’s Cures. Review of M. Alphonse Cahagnet’s Arcanes de la Vie Future Devoiles, ike. By the Rev. George Sandby, Vicar of Flixton, Suffolk. Thought-reading and Clairvoyance. Clairvoyance reported by the celebrated John Wesley. Spontaneous Sympathy—distant influence of thought. Great relief from Mesmerism during ordinary treament in an affection of the Prostate Gland. By Mr. Henry Jacob, 35, Surrey Street, Strand. Advantage of Mesmerism while ordinary treatment is adopted. By Mr. Armour. Mesmerism in Africa, forty years ago. By Captain Bagnold. On the boundaries of the Cerebral Organs. Postscript to Dr. Elliotson’s Paper (Article III.) and to his Note to the Mottos prefixed by him to Article VI.