Mary Jane, or, spiritualism chemically explained, with spirit drawings / also essays by, and ideas (perhaps erroneous) of "a child at school."

[Guppy, Samuel].

Date:: 1863

Credit: Mary Jane, or, spiritualism chemically explained, with spirit drawings / also essays by, and ideas (perhaps erroneous) of "a child at school.". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: 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.

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