ISIS REVEALED : original: "Isis Revelata"; Isis was an Egyptian goddess often associated with the secrets of nature; "revealing" her suggests uncovering hidden natural truths.

AN INQUIRY

INTO

THE ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE

ANIMAL MAGNETISM. Animal Magnetism: A theory popularized by Franz Mesmer in the late 18th century, suggesting an invisible natural force (magnetism) possessed by all living things could be used for healing; a precursor to modern hypnotism.

J. C. COLQUHOUN, Esq. ADVOCATE.

THIRD EDITION.

WITH A PREFACE, IN WHICH THE HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE IS CONTINUED TO

THE PRESENT TIME.

Time destroys the inventions of the imagination, but confirms the judgments of nature. —CICERO. original: "Ingenii commenta delet dies ; naturæ judicia confirmat."
We must not imagine or invent, but discover and observe what Nature does or produces. —BACON. original: "Non fingendum, non excogitandum, sed inveniendum et observandum quid Natura faciat aut ferat."

VOLUME I.

EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM WILSON, 44 GEORGE STREET;

A. & C. BLACK, 27 NORTH BRIDGE STREET; AND

THOMAS STEVENSON, LONDON.

1844. original: "MDCCCXLIV"