Mesmerism, with hints for beginners / by John James.

  • John James
Date:
1891
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    “ On the morrow I returned to Alexis, whom I pressed with questions touching the French officer. “ ‘ I avow/ the somnambulist replied to me, ‘ that I feel some embarrassment in following him in all the changes of his military career; he is found mixed up in my mind with other officers who were present, as he was at the siege of which I have spoken. Let us search well, however. Yes, I see our man, about eight years later—at Paris, Rue St. Antoine—during the night. “ ‘ There! they remit to him a despatch of great importance —and, with a company that he commands as captain, he hastens to the Rue Richelieu, near the Royal Library, where I see a riotous crowd. Ah ! there has just taken place a fatal event.’ “ ‘ What has taken place, then ? ’ “ ‘ A crime—an assassination—committed upon an illus- trious personage.’ “ ‘ Let us see, Alexis; follow the captain down to the present time, and tell me where I ought to seek for him.’ “ ‘ It is in vain that I pursue him ; my sight cannot attain to him. But, hark ye, address yourself to the colonel of the 426. Regiment of the line, in garrison at Valenciennes. However, you need not hurry; for, if you write to him to-morrow, he will not receive your letter immediately; he is at Maubege.’ “Curious to verify these facts I consulted L'Annuaire, and I addressed my letter to M. Husson, colonel of the 42d of the line, in garrison at Valenciennes. Five days after, I received from Colonel Husson a reply in which he excused himself for his delay, occasioned by his tour of inspection. It was not he who was at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, but his brother, whose address he indicated at Paris. “I wrote then immediately to this brother, and the following is the substance of his reply. After having con- firmed his presence at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, M. Husson continues thus :— “1 It was reported to me that an officer of the company of sharpshooters, charged with the defence of the small
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