Medical sketches on the following subjects; I. On the use of Hellebore, as a remedy for insanity and other diseases. II. Of Colchicum Autumnale, and its use in medicine. III. Observations on the sudden death of women in child-bed / by George Kerr.

  • Kerr, George.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Medical sketches on the following subjects; I. On the use of Hellebore, as a remedy for insanity and other diseases. II. Of Colchicum Autumnale, and its use in medicine. III. Observations on the sudden death of women in child-bed / by George Kerr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    believed that a certain non-descript diaboli- cal tormentor had and has power over him by means of a loadstone. He believes that this tormentor can stop him from the per- formance of the common actions of life, render it impossible for him to handle a knife, fork, or spoon, at table; arrest his progress in walking ; stop his watch, or deprive his violin of all sound in a mo- ment. When I first knew him, he had about a thousand pounds, which he had acquired in the service of a gentleman abroad, but he would not trust it out at interest, nor in any bank, as he said he was sure the tor- mentor would abstract it. He kept it in a little iron chest, secured, as he thought, by crucifixes (for he is a Roman Catholic);