Cure of a true cancer of the female breast with mesmerism / Extracted from the last number of 'The Zoist' (no. XXIII). With introductory remarks, by Dr. Engledue.

  • Elliotson, John, 1791-1868.
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[1848]
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Credit: Cure of a true cancer of the female breast with mesmerism / Extracted from the last number of 'The Zoist' (no. XXIII). With introductory remarks, by Dr. Engledue. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Published Quarterly, 'price 2.9. ()d. by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent Street London. THE ZOIST: A JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGY AND MESMERISM, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO HUMAN WELFARE. CONTENTS OF No. XXII. 1. Triumph and Reward of Dr. Esdaile. 2. Account of a “ Record of Cases treated in the Mesmeric Hospital, from June to December, 1847; with Reports of the Official Visitors. Printed by Order of Government. Calcutta, 1848.” 3. Account of c£ A Review of my Reviewers.” By James Esdaile, M.D. Calcutta, January 26, 1848. 4. Notes on the “ Organ of Sympathy,” discovered by Mr. J. S. Prideaux. By Mr. W. Jaffray, Aberdeen. 5. Cures of Fits of impending Strangulation ; Nervous Exhaustion and Sleep¬ lessness ; painful Affection of the Head and Spine. By Mr. Henry Whit- feld, Surgeon, Ashford, Kent. 6. Cure of severe Hysteria without sensible effects. By Mr. T. Chandler, Surgeon. 7. Two cases of the severest Tic Douloureux, cured by Mesmerism, at Kings - bridge, in Devon, by Mr. James Harley. Communicated by Mr. Edmund Fry, of Plymouth, to Dr. Elliotson. 8. Case of Epilepsy cured with Mesmerism> By Mr. Edmund Fry. 9. Mesmeric Cure of Ulcers of long standing. By a Clergyman of the Church of England. 10. Successful treatment of Lumbar Abscess and Disease of the Spine with Mesmerism. By Mr. James Davis Horne. 11. Cure of Epilepsy and severe Nervous Affection. By Dr. Storer. 12. Great Benefit of Mesmerism in severe Inflammatory Excitement of the Brain. Communicated from the patient to Dr. Storer, and by him to Dr. Elliotson. 13. A fresh instance of unconscious Parturition in the Mesmeric Sleep. By Mr. T. Chandler, Surgeon. 14. A Letter of the late Surgeon Liston, exhibiting his outrageous joy at the hope of Mesmerism becoming less useful. By Dr. Elliotson. CONTENTS OF No. XXIII. 1. Cure of a true Cancer of the Female Breast with Mesmerism. By Dr. Elliotson. 2. Mesmeric Phenomena in her own Person, described by Miss Aglionby, Nunnery, Penrith, Cumberland. 3. Mesmerism in India Forty Years ago. By Colonel Bagnold. 4. Mesmerism in India and Goethe’s Clairvoyance. 5. On the Mesmeric Excitement of Cerebral Organs; Sympathy of Taste and Mental State; the Nervous Fluid; and the source of Filial Affection. By Mr. Henry Whitfeld, Surgeon, Ashford, Kent. 6. An Interesting Case in reference to the Laws of Hereditary Descent. /. Great Benefit of Atesmerism in a Case or Obstinate Cough and Contraction of a Finger; and in one of Neuralgia of the Leg, with various exquisite Phenomena. By Mr. Mitchell. 8. Prediction and Cure of Lock-Jaw in Master Chapman. By Lieutenant Hare, R.N. 9. Notes on the Ordinary Method of estimating Cerebral Development. By Mr. James Straton. 10. A case of supposed Hydrophobia. By Mr. H. S. Thompson. 11. Appendix to the Case of Cancer. By Dr. Elliotson. Notices of the Pamphlets of Mr. Barth and Mr. Pasley.