Description: A Practical Manual on Animal Magnetism; Containing An Exposition of the Methods Employed in Producing the Magnetic Phenomena; with its Application to the Treatment and Cure of Diseases, By Alphonse Teste, M.D. Translated from the Second Edition by D. Spillian, M.D., A.M. Hippolyte Bailliere, London, 1843, 406 pp plus publisher’s list, original green blind stamped cloth, 7.5 x 4.5”, 12mo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and corners. Light rubbing overall to surface of cloth. Spine rebacked nicely. Front gutter repaired.. nicely redone. Light toning throughout text with minor instances of foxing. A few small checks in the margins done in graphite. Binding tight and intact. Free of ownership. A sound, readable copy. Please see photos. A very scarce work by Alphonse Teste (1814-1888). Teste was a homeopath, mesmerist and doctor in France. This is one of several book he wrote on mesmerism also known as animal magnetism. Animal magnetism was a protoscientific theory developed by a Vienna-trained German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century. Mesmer claimed that all living things, including humans, animals and vegetables posses this natural force. This “force” could have physical effects, including healing. Edgar Allen Poe wrote a book called The Philosophy of Animal Magnetism in 1837 on the offshoot topic. He made reference to mesmerism and used some of its ideas for Eureka. Mesmerism likely appealed to Poe due its emphasis on the psychic phenomena and its alleged release of the soul from the body. RAREB1843DMOJ - 01/23COLN1843DMOJ - 10/24 - HKREV134
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Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Author: Alphonse Teste, D. Spillan
Publisher: Hippolyte Bailliere
Topic: Mesmerism
Subject: Alternative Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
