Underhill on mesmerism : with criticisms on its opposers, and a review of humbugs and humbuggers, with practical instructions for experiments in the science, full directions for using it as a remedy in disease ... the philosophy of its curative powers; how to develop a godd clairvoyant; the philosophy of seeing without eyes. The proofs of immortality derived from the unfoldings of mesmerism ... / by Samuel Underhill.

  • Underhill, Samuel.
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1868
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    of his pupils, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, Darned Jussieu, did wait on them, and presented them many cases, which cases they reported as real. Franklin was unable to attend any of the sittings of the committee.* So much is true. But is it not also true, that the report of that committee rendered it unpop- ular? Aye, that it did. Then tell us how? I *will tell you the whole truth. They made a report to the Academies, signed by Franklin, and another to the King, which was not shown to Franklin. The report to the King admitted its reality, and pronounced it dangerous, ending with a grave petition to the King, to have Messmer ordered out of Paris. And this petition was granted. I had the letter which Messmer addressed to the Queen, on leaving Paris. The other report admitted the facts, but closed their report in language like this : In conclusion, as most of the patients were of a nervous tem- perament, we have thought that the whole thing may be explained by referring the whole matter to the power of the imagination, as this power has no limit. And this, and this alone, was the See Spark's Life of Franklin