Mesmerism, with hints for beginners / by John James.

  • John James
Date:
1891
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Credit: Mesmerism, with hints for beginners / by John James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    breach. Stifled cries come to your ears : some English soldiers surround a Frenchman whom they wish to kill. You lift up the weapons that menace his head, and you command them to respect his life. Oh! I love you, indeed. The officer follows you to a square tower, where several of his comrades are made prisoners. You traverse the town to find your general, to whom by your orders the French general surrenders his sword.’ “ ‘ And what became of this sword ? ’ “‘Your general presented it to you—and you have it still in Lond-on, suspended to the wall of your room ; the blade only is the same: the scabbard was changed in 1827.’ “ ‘ And does the officer, whose life I saved, still exist ? ’ “ ‘Yes, he exists; and for a long time you have made useless researches to find him again. But have good hope, come again to-morrow and we will discover him.’ “ Struck by what I had just heard, I went out from Ml Marcillet’s not knowing what to think or believe; for, in fine, Alexis had said what was the truth. “Yes, the 19th January 1812, at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in Spain, I was wounded in the head, and on the very spot Alexis indicated. “Yes, on the same night I had the happiness to save the life of a French officer. “Yes, I received from Lord Wellington the sword of General Barrie, after the assault. “ Yes, the scabbard of this sword was changed about the time fixed by Alexis. “ Yes, I have been making researches to find again the French officer, saved by my care, because General Napier (in his History of the Peninsula War) refuses me the honour of having conducted the assault of Ciudad Rodrigo, and designates Major Machis as having the right to the sword which was given me by Lord Wellington. Judge, then, of what importance it was to me to find again a witness who could certify the truth of facts already thirty years old ! Unfortunately, I had no longer, as to the officer, the least notion which might aid me in my researches.
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