Excerpt from Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs, 1891, Vol. 12: Consisting of Original Treatises and Reproductions, in English, of Books and Monographs Selected From the Latest Literature of Foreign Countries, With All Illustrations, Etc Chapter III. Quantitative Analysis, I. General Remarks upon the Processes, II. Quantitative Analysis and the Apparatus Required, III. Nutritive Media. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs, Vol. 12: Consisting of Original Treatises and Reproductions, in English, of Books and Monographs Selected From the Latest Literature of Foreign Countries, With All Illustrations, Etc.; November, 1891 Hypnotism is no new thing, but has in some form or other been known since the earliest times; it was practised by the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and Indians, and employed by priests, mystics, soothsayers, fakirs, and Charlatans; it has appeared in our own country as animal magnetism, mesmer ism, electro-biology, electro-psychology, and I know not by how many other titles. (naaman is supposed to have re ferred to animal magnetism, so called, when he said to Elisha's messenger, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper [2 Kings, v. The original, I believe, might fairly be rendered, move his hand up and down over the place. Von Helmont [1577 - 1644] wrote a treatise on The Mag netic Cure of Wounds. Father Kircher in 1646 described his experiments on ani mals, in whom he produced a kind Of catalepsy. The ghost dances of which we have recently (1890) heard SO much in connection with the Indian rising, seem to consist in producing hypnosis by dancing in a circle.) It has at different times and in different countries been the subject of investigation by royal and academic commissions, and special legislation has been called into existence to deal with it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.