MESMERISM IN INDIA,

AND ITS

423

PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE.

JAMES ESDAILE, M. D.,✓

CIVIL ASSISTANT SURGEON, HONORABLE COMPANY'S SERVICE, BENGAL.

The "H. C. S." (Honorable Company's Service) refers to the medical service of the East India Company.

"I would rather choose to endure the wounds of those darts which envy throws original: "casteth" at novelty, than to go on safely and sleepily in the easy ways of ancient mistakes original: "mistakings"."—RALEIGH.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) was an English explorer and writer; this quote emphasizes the author's willingness to face criticism for his new scientific findings.

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1851.

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