Isis Revelata: An Inquiry into Animal Magnetism

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER III.—Sympathy.—The stomach as a principal center of nervous sympathy.—The effects of moral causes original: "moral causes"; in the 19th century, this term referred to psychological or emotional factors rather than ethical ones upon the stomach.—The opinions of Dr. Cullen, Dr. Alison, etc. . . . . 97

CHAPTER IV.—Sympathy between the mind and the body.—The cases of Jean de Poitiers original: "John de Poictiers"; a French nobleman famously spared from execution whose hair reportedly turned white overnight from stress and King Henry IV of France. The influence of the mental affections original: "mental affections"; emotions or states of mind over bodily secretions. A case reported by Dr. Wardrop. The beneficial effects of mental impressions upon the body.—The opinions of Dr. John Gardiner. The alleged influence of the imagination. . . . 112

CHAPTER V.—Nature herself cures diseases—The opinions of Hippocrates, Paracelsus, Van Helmont, Dr. Nichols, Dr. Laurence, Stahl, Hunter, and Abernethy, Dr. T. Simson, and Dr. Hoffmann. The effects of faith and confidence. Fienus, Galen, Pechlin, etc. An extract from the French journal The Globe original: "Le Globe".—Miracles performed at the tomb of the Abbé Paris François de Pâris (1690–1727), a religious figure whose grave became a site of reported miraculous healings and convulsions. An explanation of these events. The opinion of Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury, upon the matter. Miracles at the tomb of Saint Jubin. The cure of yellow fever by magnetism. Faith and confidence as necessary to the success of every transaction in life. The opinion of William Maxwell, etc. . . 125

CHAPTER VI.—The power of volition the faculty or power of using one's will over the organism here referring to the living human body. Kant, Passavant, Brandis, Boerhaave, Franklin, Bernier, Avicenna, Cardano original: "Cardanus", Saint Augustine original: "St Austin". A case reported by Dr. Cheyne.—The power of the will of one individual over the body of another. The opinions of various authors: Pomponazzi original: "Pomponatius", Van Helmont, etc. A case related by Joseph Glanvill, etc. . . 144

CHAPTER VII.—The difficulty of explaining the phenomena of animal magnetism. The difference between material and mental phenomena. Theory.—Experiments on the nervous system.—The transference of vital power. Physical analogies, etc. . . . 171