Artificial somnambulism, hitherto called mesmerism, or animal magnetism / by Wm. Baker Fahnestock.

Philadelphia : Barclay & Co., [1869]

43-328 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Contains errata slip

Containing a brief historical survey of Mesmer's operations, and the examination of the same by the French commissioners : phreno-somnambulism or the exposition of phreno-magnetism and neurology : a new view and division of the phrenological organs into functions, with descriptions of their nature and qualities, etc., in the senses and faculties : and a full and accurate description of the various phenomena belonging to this state : including its division into two distinct conditions, viz., the waking and sleeping, with practical instructions how to enter and awake from each : the identity of these conditions with other states and mysteries : together with an account of several obstetrical cases delivered while in this state : the proper method of preparing subjects for surgical operations, their management during and after the same, and the latest and best method of curing diseases, etc., in those persons who are in that condition

This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.