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

  • Esdaile, James, 1808-1859.
Date:
1851
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    MESMERISM IN INDIA. CHAPTER I. Aversion of the old Schools and the Public to new Ideas.— Some old Notions must le suspended in fairly considering Mesmerism.—Irrational Incredulity.—Mesmerism to be tried by the usual Laws of Evidence.—Medical Men not entitled to decide the Matter for the Public.—The Public invited to judge of the Matter of Fact.—Medical Men in this Country favourably placed.—Personal Labour ne- cessary.—All easy afterwards.—Qualifications of a Mes- meriser.—The Mesmeric Power very general.—The Sick the proper Subjects for Experiment.—The Natives of Ben- gal very susceptible of the Mesmeric Influence.—Nature the School of the true Physician.—Mesmerism a natural Power of Man.—Instincts of Animals.—Mesmerism knoion and practised in India.—Trial of Skill with an Eastern Magician.—Dangers of Mesmerism no Reason for re- jecting it.—No need to interfere with the Mind in Bodily Disease.—My Patients bad Subjects for the Mental Phe- nomena.— The Public invited to judge the Question practi- cally and fairly. On the first broaching of any new branch of know- ledge, there is ever a great commotion and combina- tion among the old-established schools, which have thriven on the wisdom of their ancestors, and desire