Animal electricity and magnetism, &c. demonstrated after the laws of nature, with new ideas upon matter and motion : in two parts / by the Rev. John Bell, professor of that science.

  • Bell, John, professor of animal magnetism.
Date:
[1790?]
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Credit: Animal electricity and magnetism, &c. demonstrated after the laws of nature, with new ideas upon matter and motion : in two parts / by the Rev. John Bell, professor of that science. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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