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Mesmerism in India and its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine by Dr James Esdaile is a testimony of the power of mind over matter. The Psychic Research Company of England had rescued this book from oblivion in 1902 because it contains the simplest, clearest and most convincing data on the power of the mind to control agonizing pain. To Dr Esdaile the marvel lay in Mesmerism. The Society felt that in the times to come man shall be able to help himself through mesmerism and be able to control pain and restore health while he is in a normal waking condition. The author experimented it successfully among the natives?of?Bengal James Esdaile commissioned the duty of editing the case studies presented in this book to his brother David Esdaile, who did so on the basis?of?long?correspondences?mailed?to?him?by?Dr?James?from?India.
Contents
Chapter I Aversion of the old Schools and the Public 19
Chapter II The French Commission of 1779 34
Chapter III Mesmerism the same in India and in Europe 50
Chapter IV Somnambulism Definition Srinagar 62
Chapter V The Mesmeric Processes 90
Chapter VI Mesmerism as a remedy 103
Chapter VII Mesmerism in Surgery 120
Chapter VIII Hypertrophy of the Scrotum 134
Chapter IX Curiosities of Mesmerism 145
Appendix 156
