A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition : and also on animal fascination, or charming / by Rufus Blakeman.

  • Blakeman, Rufus
Date:
1849
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Credit: A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition : and also on animal fascination, or charming / by Rufus Blakeman. 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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    CONTENTS. SECTION I. Mental Origin of Credulity and Superstition, and its Influence on Ancient Society, 9 SECTION II. Witchcraft, 47 SECTION III. Dreams, 58 SECTION IV. Ghosts, 65 SECTION V. Ecstacy, Trance, &c, 74 SECTION VI. Empiricism and Quackery—Credulity in Medicine, - - - 103 SECTION VII. Homoeopathy, 123 SECTION VIII. Mesmerism, 161 Essay on Animal Fascination, or Charming, - . . 177
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