Illustrations of modern mesmerism from personal investigation / [Sir John Forbes].

  • John Forbes
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1845
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Credit: Illustrations of modern mesmerism from personal investigation / [Sir John Forbes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cecdccl with in the same way, now often stating, in- (iniringly, the nninber of letters (which constantly varied, he sometimes saying six, eiglit, four, and so on). At last he said it was very ditlicidt, because it was folded OH itself {pile sue lui-meme). lie returned it to the lady tliat it might be unfolded. 1 went and saw it opened l)y the lady; U was not in the least folded. It was a boldly written word, either “ Londres ” or “Jui/teterre,” 1 forget whieli. d. One of tliese i)aeket,s, while manipidatiiig (I now recollect it was the one I saw opened by the huly), he j)rieked through with a j)in, saying “ he pricked the dot o/7//« and then “the i itself.” AVhen opened, the word contained no i! e. A lady (evidently a strong believer, and very friendly to Alexis) i)ut herself in with liim, and pro- iluced a large b(jx like an overgrown card-case, or a ciisc for holding a small ])raycr-book (opening like a card-case in the middle.) lie took it in his hands and felt it, and turned it about. He was asked what it contained; he said, after a brief jjausc, something gilded {dore,) and then said, a watch {monlre,) and added, that “what wiis curious, the glass was broken.” The lady was surprised at this, and said it was not broken when she gave it him. On opening the box by drawing otf the top, sure enough there was a watch on one side, tcilh the glass next the outside, and tlic glass was broken ! Nothing coukl be clearer thmi that he might have broken the glass through the yielding csise, or felt the broken glass, or heard or felt the watch tick (if it was going, which I
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