A scant 25 years ago, the history of mesmerism and its offshoots was a neglected field. The true significance of the work of Franz Anton Mesmer and the Marquis de PuysΓ©gur was known to only to a few experts, and the considerable influence of mesmerism on the history of medicine, psychology, and psyc
Alfred Wallace and the anthropology of sound in Victorian culture
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- Book ID
- 114125433
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 30 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-9327
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