Account of a case of successful amputation of the thigh during the mesmeric state, without the knowledge of the patient. Read to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, on Tuesday, the 22nd of November, 1842 / By W. Topham and W. Squire Ward.

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Account of a case of successful amputation of the thigh during the mesmeric state, without the knowledge of the patient. Read to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, on Tuesday, the 22nd of November, 1842 / By W. Topham and W. Squire Ward.