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

  • Esdaile, James, 1808-1859.
Date:
1851
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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 National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    TO THE REV. JAMES ESDAILE, D. D. My dear Father, However new and strange the subject of this work may be to you, I am sure that it will afford you pleasure to know that I have introduced, and I hope I may say established, a new and powerful means of alleviating human suffering among the natives of Bengal. I shall soon ascertain to what extent other varieties of mankind are capable of benefitting by this natural curative power, as I am ordered to join the army in the field, and depart to-morrow, by dak, a journey of eleven hundred miles ! I am Your affectionate Son, James Esdaile. Hooghly, Feb. 1st, 1846.