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• PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
MESMERISM.
On Monday evening there was a full attendance of the
nembers of this Society, at their Chambers in Exeter-hall.
Che Secretary, Mr. E. S. Symes, read the minutes of
the last meeting, which were confirmed, and S. Prideattx,
.1:sq:, of Southampton, was balloted for, as correspond-
ng member of the Society, and unanimously elected.
The Rev. fir. Wood, M.A., was also unanimously elected
member.
The President, Dr. Elliotson, delivered a lecture upon
:le connexion between Phrenology and Mesmerism. He
said—l have always been scrupulously cautious in intro-
ducing the subject of Mesmerism at our meetings, on
tccount of the difficulties opposed to it, and the preju-
lices existing against it in the minds of mankind ; and I
soald not do ahything to create a difference of opinion
ri the Society. But assertions have recently been made
'n public, and opinions have been promulgated in society
(and I see no reason against adopting them), that Ales-
nerism could explain some of the most important prin.
:iples of Phrenology. I was always aware of the eon-
aexion between them, as Mesmerism relates to the whole
)f the nervous system, of which Phrenology explains
me part. There is the less objection. to my introducing
he subject here at • present, as the Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, with Lord
3roughana at their head, and four of my late
.!olleagues at the London University, who worried
me at the University Hospital, have now borne
public testimony to the reality and usefulness of Mesmer-
ism. This they have done in the last, monthly number of
the Penny Cyclopedia. What is more remarkable,
they have borne their testimony just as strongly, and
just to the same extent, as I have done in my Physiology,
for I have said no more than that one person can in-
fluence another in various ways,
.without the will or
consciousness of the person influenced—that so one
Berson can send another to sleep, and again awaken the
latterat pleasure—and that he would know nothing of what
night happen in the interval. I have said that this
can be done not only without the knowledge,
but even against the will. But I was at last
compelled to admit more than this. I was com-
pelled from what I witnessed to admit that persons thus
Influenced were rendered insensible to pain even to
that of severe burning, and of sharp surgical operations
—such as the insertion of setons, and the removal of
tumors. Yet to all these—mad as it must appear—l
have been obliged to admit " vision without the eyes."
Mad as it may appear I have seen it in the most un-
equivocal manner IA three cases, where the eyes were
blindfolded with the utmost care. Thick cloths were
placed over the eyes and were pressed down with eye-
cups. In one of those
.cases, which occurred the other
day at Paris, I put soft wool over the eyes, and pressed
it tight down with a thick bandage. of new cloth,
and filled up all the intervals with wool. IN hen
the patient was in this blindfolded state, I took papers
out of my pocket and held them before the patient, out
of the line of vision, and that person read what was
there printed. Such are the facts which aro admitted
in this article of the Penny Cyclopedia. I was also
obliged to admit of "pre-vision,' at least as to the state
of the persons themselves. I have not known any-
thing which could be called prophecy ; but I have
known persons to predict what would be the state of their
own health at particular times. I will not enter into
any speculation as to this—whether it may be ac-
counted for by supposing that they did actually
-foreknow the future state of their own health, or
that imagination produced the change. But this
sort of prediction is declared in the Penny
Cyclopedia to be INDUBITABLE ! The assertion is
made distinctly and openly in the article on Somnam-
bulism, in reference to a case recorded in the French En-
cyclopaedia, on the respectable authority of the Arch-
bishop of Bourdeaux :
" It is the case of a young ecclesiastic, who was in the
habit of getting up during the night in a state of som-
nambulism, of going to his room, taking pen, ink, and
paper, and composing and writing sermons. When he
had finished one page of the paper on which he was
writing, he would read over aloud what he had written,
and correct it. Upon one occasion he had made use of
the expression, Ce divin enfant.' In reading over the
passage, he changed the word divin' into adorable.'
Observing, however, that the pronoun ce' could not
stand before the word adorable,' he added to it the

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SIGHT AND HEARING. - TESTI-
MONIALS nigithe Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS'
newly-invented SPEOI'ACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE
OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons.

" We, the undersigned, have been fur some time making
use of Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses ;
the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives
them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens
—the clearness of the transparency. brings every object very
distinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute par
tide with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant
by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften
bright and brilliant lights :
James Blundell, Esq., ALD., 1, Great George-street, West-
minster.

George G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street;
T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.R.S., Saville-row.
John Ramsbotham, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-buildings.
Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street.
John Hooper. Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-place, Kennington
Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
W. Day, Esq., Surg,enn, lsleworth.
T. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street.
R. H. Lucas, Esq.', M.D., Exeter.
J. Taylor Gordon,Esq., M.D.
Wm. Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, t,.
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
Henry Lawrence, Esq. M.D., Tenby.
Wm Jeafreson, Esq., Esq.,
'2 1 , South Audley-strect.
S.D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
C. Shillito, Esq., M. 1)., Brighten.
William Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
E. 11. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford.
Thomas Willis, Esq. M. D., Brighton.
G. Griffiths, Esq., Esq:,
Hammersmith.
lohn Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, blanches;
ter-square.
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H. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harlcyford-place, Ken-
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N. M'Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street.
Samuel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square.
W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-

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A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms-
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R. J. Pollock, Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington.
E. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square.
J. H. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury.
C. Higham, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Edward Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire."
In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public,
the Afessrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their
INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by
which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited,
is not larger than a seven-shilling- piece, and when fixed into
the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort-
able nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place.
By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard
wit'i distinctness.
These important new inventions are patronized by their Ma-
jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High-
nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa,
her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire. and
Manchester, &c. &c.
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PARR'S LIFE PILLS, have a great desire tfr procure the
Medicine which has done so much good. In ding this, how-
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who have been thus imposed upon, but they can point out an
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Purchasers may be sure they have the genuine Medicine, if
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and 11s. each.
Instances of Cures, when every other remedy had failed, are
received daily. The following, from a highly-respectable indi-
vidual, is selected from hundreds of a similar nature :

FROM MR. HOLLIER, CHEMIST, DUDLEY.
To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills.
" Dudley, Sept. 14, 1811.
" GENTLEMEN,—I forward you a copy of a letter sent to me
(as under), and which you can make what use of you think
proper. I am, your obedient servant, E. HOLLIER."
" Tipton, Staffordshire.
I, Joshua Ball, hereby testify, that 1 had been dreadfully
afflicted with Rheumatic Gout for 17 years, so that I bave at
times kept my bed for months together, and could not get any
thing to do me good, till I tonk Parr's Lire Pills,' which I
am very happy to state have nearly restored me to perfect
health. As witness my hand, this 11th day of September,
1841. "JOSHUA BALL."

FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF
COPAIBA.
The different ingredients contained in FRANKS'S SPECIFIC
SOLUTION OF COPAIB A, are those advised by the most practi-
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the other.
This invaluable Medicine is recommended in the public and pri-
vate practice of
SIR ASTLEY P. COOPER, Bart. F.R.S.
SIR BENJAMIN BRODIL, Bart., F. R.S.
JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, Esq. F.R.S..
BRANSBY B. COOPER, Esq. P.R.S.
Members of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, London,
and many other highly distinguished members of the medical profes-
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diseases to which it is more immediately applicable.
The testimony of these ge.,tlernen cannot fail to convince every
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Medicines daily prescribed by the faculty.
FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLU'I lON OF COPAIBA is proved to
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GONORRHOEA, (MEETS. all tntETH RA L DISCHARGES,
FLUOR ALBUS, SPASMODIC STRICTURE, IRRITATION of
the KIDNEYS, BLADDER, URETHRA, and PROSTATE
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The most delicate persons may take it with perfect safety.
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CAtITION.—None is genuine unless °George Franks, Black(' jars
-
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The fullowing Testimonials are selected from amongst numerous
others forwarded to Mr. Franks.
From Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the
Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and
Professor of Surgery in King's College, London.
" I have made trial of Mr. Frank's Solution of Copaiba, at St.
Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male
and female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an effica.
c. 'us remedy, and one Lich does not produce the usual unpleasant
fleets of Copaiba.
(Signed) OJOSEP El HENRY GREEN.
.115, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, April 15, 1835."
From Bransby Cooper, F.sq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the Royal
College of Surgeons, London ; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital. and

Lecturer on Anatomy, &c.
Mr.Eranshy Cooper presents his compliments to Mr. Geo. Franks
sndhas great pleasnre in bearing testimony to the efficacy of his So:
Wiwi of Copaiba in Gonorrlea,' for which disease Mr. Cooper has
prescribed the Solution in ten or twelvecases with perfect succets.
..No.v.street, April 13, MI"
From Alexander Fweedie, Esq., Suwon to the Metropolitan Free

Hospital, CarCy.stiVet, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
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6; l am, dear Sir, your's very truly,
(Signed) '‘A LEXANDER TWEEDIE."
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letter ' t.' In order to ascertain whether the somnam-
bulist made any use of his eyes, the Archbishop held a
piece of pasteboard under his chin, to prevent him from
seeing the paper upon which he was writing ; but he
continued to write on, without being apparently incom-
moded in the slightest degree. The paper upon which
he was writing was taken away, and other paper laid be-
fore him ; but the young ecclesiastic immediately per-
ceived the change. He wrote pieces of music while in
this state, and in the same manner, with his eyes closed: •
the words he placed underneath the music. It happened
upon one occasion that the words were written by him
in too large a character, and did not stand exactly under
the corresponding notes ; he soon perceived the error,
blotted 'out the part, and wrote it over again with great
exactness."

They say all this without reference to Mesmerism ;
ut farther down they relate the case of Jules Cloquet,
lius :
" It is that of a lady, aged 64, who consulted M. Clo-

quet, April 8, 1829, on account of an ulcerated cancer on
the right breast, of several years' standing, which was
combined with a considerable swelling (engorgement) of
the corresponding axillary glands. M. Chapelain, the
physician attending this lady, who had magnetized her
for some months, had obtained no other result than that
of producing a most profound sleep, during which all
sensibility appeared to be, annihilated, while the ideas re-
tained all their clearness. He proposed to M. Cloquet to
operate upon her while she was plunged in this magnetic
sleep. The latter, having deemed the operation indis-
pensable, consented. The two previous evenings this
lady was magnetized several times by M. Chapelain, who,
in her somnabulism, disposed her to submit to the opera-
tion, although, when awake, she rejected the idea with
horror. Upon the day appointed, M. Cloquet found the
patient dressed, and seated in an elbow-chair, in the atti-
tude of a person enjoying a quiet natural sleep. She had
however been thrown into a state of somnambulism, and
talked with great calmness of the operation. She un-
dressed herself, and sat down upon a chair ; M. Chape-
lain supported the right arm, the left was permitted to
hang down at the side of the body. M. Cloquet delibe-
rately performed the operation, which lasted from ten to
twelve minutes, and the tumour was extirpated. During
all this time the patient continued to converse quietly
with the operator, and did not exhibit the slightest sign
of sensibility. There was no motion of the limbs or of
the features, no change in the respiration nor in the
voice ; no emotion even in the pulse. The patient con-

tinned in the same state of automatic indifference and im-
passability in which she had been some minutes before
the operation. There was no occasion to hold, but only
to support her. A ligature was applied to one of the
thoracic arteries, which had been opened during the ex-
traction of the glands. The wound was united by means
of adhesive plaster, and dressed. The patient was put
to bed while still in a state of somnambulism, in which
she was left for 48 hours. An hour after the operation
there appeared a slight hemorrhage, which was attended
with no consequence. The first dressing was taken off
on the 14th, and the wound was cleaned and dressed
anew ; the patient exhibited no sensibility or pain, and
the pulse preserved its usual rate. After the dressing
M. Chapelain awakened the patient, whose somnambulic
sleep had continued from an hour previous to the opera-
tion, that is to say, for two days. She did not appear to
have any idea of what had passed in the interval ; but
upon being informed of the operation, and seeing her
children around her, she experienced a very lively emo-
tion, which the magnetizer checked by immediately set-
ting her asleep. The only doubt or objection which the
writer has ever seen raised with respect to the abOve case,
is that it does not appear certain that the patient was
not in a state of anaesthesia before she was thrown into
the magnetic trance ; but this is so very far-fetched and
improbable, that it is almost equivalent to confessing that
the fact of an artificial state of anaesthesia having been
produced is indisputable."

They conclude the whole with these words, in which
I entirely agree :
" With respect to the phenomenon of somnambulism
as caused by Mesmerism, or animal magnetism, the
writer only wishes to add most distinctly and explicitly,
that so much credulity and deception have been brought
to light in connection with it, that a person, cannot he
too cautious in sifting and weighing the evidence on
which each of the alleged instances rests ; but that,
after all .this mass of knavery and folly has been cleared
away, there still remain a large number of instances
which cannot be disbelieved without discarding all his-
torical evidence whatever. For more information on
the subject the reader may consult, besides the works
already quoted, the Rev. C'hauncey Townshend's work
on Somnambulism, and ' Le Ma,,,Tnetisme Animal en
France,' by M. Bertrand, Paris, 1826."
With respect to what some say of this case, that it was
possible fur this lady to exhibit such insensibility by the
exercise of a very determined will, I can say that there
is no ground for such a , statement. Indeed, Dr. Cald-
well lately assured me that he put the . question to M.
Cloquet, whether any one could have borne the operation
as that lady had done, with as little manifestation of
suffering, in a natural state ? and M. Cloquet replied,
"Jamais, jamais, dans monde." But I have men-
tioned these things, Gentlemen, more to smooth my way
in relating occurrences of a more extraordinary nature
which have happened in America. In the course of the
last month I have received a series of newspapers from
America containing accounts of Mesmerism, from which
it 'seemed that when an operator had reduced a patient
to a state of stupor he could excite the phrenological
organs at will, that parts of the brain could be awakened
and excited, and afterwards sent to sleep again.

Dr. Elliotson then read from a New York paper an
account of numerous mesmero-phrenological experiments
performed at arid in the Museum of Louisville by Dr.
Buchanan and others. We insert the following :
" August 7th.—At ten o'clock, A. M., in company with
Dr. H. 11. Sherwood, of this city, I went to the museum,
and found Miss M. at the piano. In the course of a few
moments she was put to sleep, when the following most
interesting experiments were performed. I had not
communicated my design to Mr. Peale,' or to Miss
M., and, hence it is certain, that there could have been
no collusion between them. She was directed to play several
tunes, which she did, stopping various times, when a sign
was made to Mr, Peale by myself. I then requested him to

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