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

  • James Esdaile
Date:
1847
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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 Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    XXV] COHTENTS.. scirrhus Testes extirpated in ; Cataract operated on in; Ma- lignant Disease of Testes extirpated in ; unhealthy Sore pared in ; hypertrophied Prepuce cut off in ; Pain extinguished by ; Return on Awaking; Amputation of Penis in ; unhealthy Sores pared in ; Two Operations far Hydrocele in.—Mesmerism alike favourable to the Operator and the Patient - Page 189 CHAPTER VIII. Hypertrophy of the Scrotum ; different Causes of.—Elephantiasis endemic in Bengal and Lower Egypt; probable Causes of.—Ex- ample of Malarious Fever.—True Elephantiasis of the Scro- tum.—Hypertrophy from Hydrocele; from Syphilis ; Condition of the Organs involved: Mode of operating; Mismanagement by the Native Doctors; Number of Operations for six Years previous to April, 1845; in the Mesmeric Trance, for Eight Months.—First Case.—Some Cause for the late Increase of Cases.—Operations in the Mesmeric Trance - 210 CHAPTER IX. Curiosities of Mesmerism.—Unsatisfactory Nature of Public Ex- hibitions.—Apology for giving one.—Account of it by a Visiter. —The modes in which the Mesmeric Fluid can be transmitted. —It acts at great Distances.—Is absorbed by Water.—Can pass through a Wall.—Final Experiments - - 2291 Appendix 24T
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