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The mysteries of the head and the heart explained : including an improved system of phrenology, a new theory of the emotions, and an explanation of the mysteries of mesmerism, trance, mind-reading, and the spirit delusion (1875)

Grimes, J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Chicago : W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co. · leaf 300

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hysterical affections are liable to manifestsome of the symptoms when Mesmerized, especiallyif by doing so they can become objects of interestand attention. Occasionally you will find a subjectin whom the bodily symptoms are manifested, butwhose mind is unsubdued. In other instances themind yields,… … HEAD AND HEART UNBALANCED. 279 trary. Those who ave in the habit of going into thetrance are affected but slightly in the body, while thebrain is perfectly conforming. MANNER OF INDUCING THE STATE OF DREAMING AND HALLUCINATION IN PERSONS WHO ARE FOUND TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE. Mesmerism is a species of…

Phrenology · Mesmerism · Spiritualism

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