| Evidence: | 'you must see Esdaile's book. If there are any sane persons who still doubt "the truth of Mesmerism", that book must cure them, or show them incurable. But you ought to know that it is terribly surgical'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 3 Aug 1846 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ambleside county: Cumbria specific address: The Knoll |
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| Reader: | Harriet Martineau |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 12 Jun 1802 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | James Esdaile |
| Title: | Mesmerism in India and its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine [probably] |
| Genre: | Medicine |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9170 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
| Editor: | Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle | |
| Title: | Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood | |
| Place of Publication: | Stanford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 91 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood (Stanford, 1983), p. 91, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9170, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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