Posthumous humanity : a study of phantoms / by Adolphe d' Assier ; translated and annotated by Henry S. Olcott ; to which is added an appendix, shewing the popular beliefs current in India respecting the post-mortem vicissitudes of the human entity.

  • Adolphe d’Assier
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1887
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Credit: Posthumous humanity : a study of phantoms / by Adolphe d' Assier ; translated and annotated by Henry S. Olcott ; to which is added an appendix, shewing the popular beliefs current in India respecting the post-mortem vicissitudes of the human entity. 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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