Practical Instruction on Animal Magnetism

LIBRARY of Animal Magnetism, published during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, containing the best memoirs read at the sessions of the Society of Magnetism in Paris, the treatments and cures performed by its members, the most important articles from its correspondence, and the analysis of French and foreign works on Magnetism. A work published by the members of the Society of Magnetism; 24 issues, forming 8 octavo volumes original: "in-8"; a standard book size where each sheet is folded into eight leaves.. Price, 48 francs.

Each issue is sold separately for 3 francs.

ANNALS of Animal Magnetism; published in the years 1814, 1815, and 1816, containing the history of the discovery of Magnetism and its progress, the cures operated by means of Magnetism, the mode of treatment followed in illnesses, etc.; a great number of pieces by Messrs. de Puységur, Deleuze, de Lausanne, and several scholars, members of the Society of Magnetism of Paris; 48 issues. Price, 96 francs.

MEMOIRS to serve the history and establishment of Animal Magnetism, by the Marquis de Chastenet-Puységur Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur (1751–1825), was a preeminent figure in the movement and is credited with discovering "artificial somnambulism" or the hypnotic trance.; 3rd edition, revised, carefully corrected, and adorned with a lovely engraving; 1 large octavo volume, 6 francs.

ON ANIMAL MAGNETISM considered in its relations with various branches of general physics, by the same author; 3rd edition, revised, corrected, and adorned with a very beautiful engraving, 1 octavo volume of 500 pages, 6 francs.

RESEARCH, experiments, and physiological observations on man in the state of natural somnambulism, and in somnambulism induced by the magnetic act, by the same author; 1 octavo volume, 6 francs.

APPEAL to the learned observers of the 19th century, regarding the decision rendered by their predecessors against Animal Magnetism, by the same author, octavo, 5 francs.

THE MAGNETIZER IN LOVE, with this epigraph:

Like Horace, I believe that one can with gaiety

Tell men everything, even the truth.

By the same author, 2 duodecimo original: "in-12"; a book size smaller than octavo. volumes, 5 francs.

CRITICAL HISTORY of Animal Magnetism, by Mr. J.-P.-F. Deleuze Joseph Philippe François Deleuze (1753–1835) was a naturalist and the highly respected secretary of the Society of Magnetism; he was known for his cautious, empirical approach.; 2 octavo volumes, 9 francs.

DEFENSE of Magnetism, against the attacks to which it is subject in the Dictionary of Medical Sciences, by the same author; 1 octavo volume, 5 francs.

LETTER to the author of a work entitled: Superstitions and prestiges of the philosophers of the 18th century, etc., in which several opinions that obstruct the entire re-establishment of religion in France are examined; by the same author, octavo, 2 francs.

TREATISE ON SOMNAMBULISM and the different modifications it presents, by A. Bertrand Alexandre Bertrand (1795–1831), a physician who eventually provided a more psychological explanation for magnetism, moving away from the "fluid" theory toward the idea of "suggestion.", doctor of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, former student of the École Polytechnique. One thick octavo volume, on fine paper, 6 francs.

ON THE PRINCIPLES and procedures of Animal Magnetism, and their relations with the laws of physics and physiology, by Mr. de Lausanne, one of the founders of the Society of Magnetism of Paris; 2 octavo volumes, 10 francs.

ELEMENTS of Animal Magnetism, containing a succinct exposition of the phenomena, procedures, and use of Magnetism; a work intended to serve as a manual for persons wishing to practice it. By the same author; octavo, 2 francs.