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On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions with an Account of Mesmerism
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On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions with an Account ofMesmerism, by Herbert Mayo (Essex, Desert Island Books, 2003), ISBN: 1874287694, 152pp., £16.99 pb.
This reprint of Herbert Mayo's 1851 book on popular superstitions is the latest in Desert Island Books' Dracula Library. The series presently extends to 14 volumes and includes a number of important Stoker novels (such as The Lady of the Shroud and The Jewel of the Seven Stars), a bibliography of his work and a selection...
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(book reviews)
Canadian Journal of History
; Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain, by Alison Winter. Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 1998. xiv, 464 pp., $30.00 It is hard to imagine a modern equivalent of Victorian mesmerism and indeed the thrust of Alison Winter's important new book is that it would probably be
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Books: He got nowhere with the leopard but made the elephants yawn Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain by Alison Winter Chicago University Press pounds 23.95
The Independent - London
; If you want to know about Franz Anton Mesmer, there aren't too many places to go. No satisfactory biography exists in English, and most of the material published on him tends to be of the flaky New Age variety. A recent film of his life (scripted by Dennis Potter, starring Alan Rickman) was never
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You are getting very sleepy Mind, animal magnetism, and the rise of science: a history of mesmerism in 19th-century Britain
The Boston Globe
; MESMERIZED Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain By Alison Winter. University of Chicago Press. 464 pp. Illustrated. $30. James R. Kincaid is Aerol Arnold professor of English at the University of Southern California and author, most recently, of "Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child-Molesting."
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An Early Nineteenth Century Absorption-Based Theory of Mesmerism
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
; Abstract In 1844, an obscure and little-remembered American theorist, A. Yorke (no further identification is available), published a theory of mesmerism based on absorption, i.e., mental concentration. Unlike Mesmer's conceptualization of animal magnetism as a biological fluid, however, Yorke's
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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QUACKERY OR MEDICAL MIRACLE?
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Tony Rennell TWO HUNDRED of Victorian Britain's most eminent scientists, writers,philosophers and doctors crowded the benches in the lecture hall, peering overtheir spectacles at a 16-year-old housemaid who sat timidly, head bowed, on thedais below. Sexual curiosity mingled with scientific
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FAN MAIL FOR DRACULA
Sunday Star-Times
; New Zealand born actress and author Barbara Ewing talks to Finlay Macdonald about mesmerism, vampire movies, YouTube and the fate of the older woman in show business. BARBARA EWING says she's too much of a control freak to ever allow herself to be hypnotised, but she knew a good subject when she
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In thrall to Mesmer; Going under: Hypnosis, formerly known as animal magnetism or mesmerism, fascinated the Victorians.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Charles Legge QUESTION What is known of the Mesmeric Infirmary which stood at 36 Weymouth Street,London, in 1869? MESMERISM was a healing technique based on the idea of 'animal magnetism'introduced by Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer (1733-1815). Mesmer's theory was that all animated
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'Call me Gypsy' - Anna Cora Mowatt and Mesmerism
Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
; Anna Cora Mowatt came to prominence as a playwright in 1845 when her comedy Fashion successfully premiered at the Park Theatre in New York. Fashion, considered the first American comedy of manners, brought Mowatt instant fame as a playwright. Her meteoric rise as an actress began soon thereafter
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Mesmerism in Sweden-200 years
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
; Wickstrom, P-O. (2003). Mesmerism in Sweden-200 years. Hypnos, 30(4), 187-194. The acceptance of animal magnetism was rapid in Sweden, with a society flourishing in Stockholm two years after Mesmer started his society. Mesmerism was supported by the aristocracy and the court. Mesmer's condemnation
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Echoes of 60-year-old posters as Welsh schools are told to Teach Germs a Lesson in battle against spread of infections.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; Byline: By Aled Blake Western Mail Historically we were told that 'coughs and sneezes spread diseases'. Now more than 60 years after those famous posters adorned walls and public transport during World War II, children are being told to Teach Germs a Lesson. After the E.coli O157 outbreak last
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