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... practices . ' Now this Report , although referring to a form of Mesmeric procedure which has long since passed into disrepute , really deals with what I hold to be an important principle of action , which , long vaguely recognised under ...
... practices . ' Now this Report , although referring to a form of Mesmeric procedure which has long since passed into disrepute , really deals with what I hold to be an important principle of action , which , long vaguely recognised under ...
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... practice . When Jenny Lind was singing at Manchester , she was invited by Mr. Braid to hear the performances of one of his hypnotised subjects , an illiterate factory girl , who had an excellent voice and ear , but whose musical powers ...
... practice . When Jenny Lind was singing at Manchester , she was invited by Mr. Braid to hear the performances of one of his hypnotised subjects , an illiterate factory girl , who had an excellent voice and ear , but whose musical powers ...
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... practice found in almost every circle some individuals in whom the ' biological ' state could be self - induced by the steady direction of their eyes to one point , at the ordinary reading distance , for a period usually varying from ...
... practice found in almost every circle some individuals in whom the ' biological ' state could be self - induced by the steady direction of their eyes to one point , at the ordinary reading distance , for a period usually varying from ...
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... practice , words written in a legible but not large hand can be thus read , though covered by three folds of ordinary writing- paper . This discovery fully accounts for various suc- cesses , as well of Alexis and Adolphe , as of other ...
... practice , words written in a legible but not large hand can be thus read , though covered by three folds of ordinary writing- paper . This discovery fully accounts for various suc- cesses , as well of Alexis and Adolphe , as of other ...
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... practice of individual flagellation , as an act of self - mortification , was common among religious communi- ties from an early period of Christianity ; but it was not until the thirteenth century , when a general belief prevailed that ...
... practice of individual flagellation , as an act of self - mortification , was common among religious communi- ties from an early period of Christianity ; but it was not until the thirteenth century , when a general belief prevailed that ...
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