Mesmerism in India (1851) - Page 5

MESMERISM Mesmerism, named after Franz Mesmer, was a 19th-century precursor to modern hypnotism. It was used by some doctors to induce a trance-like state in patients to manage pain. IN INDIA,

AND ITS

PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN SURGERY

AND MEDICINE.

JAMES ESDAILE, M. D.,

CIVIL ASSISTANT SURGEON, HONORABLE COMPANY'S SERVICE original: "H. C. S."; this refers to the medical service of the British East India Company., BENGAL.

"I would rather choose to endure the wounds of those arrows that envy shoots at novelty, than to continue safely and sleepily in the easy paths of ancient mistakes." — RALEIGH. original: "I rather choose to endure the wounds of those darts which envy casteth at novelty, than to go on safely and sleepily in the easy ways of ancient mistakings."

HARTFORD:

SILAS ANDRUS AND SON.

1851.