Excerpt from Artificial Somnambulism, Hitherto Called Mesmerism, or Animal Magnetism: Containing a Brief Historical Survey of Mesmer's Operations, and the Examination of the Same by the French Commissioners, Phreno-Somnambulism, or the Exposition of Phreno-Magnetism and NeurologyUch has already been written upon this interesting subject, both by foreign and domestic Writers, and the appearance of a new work, by an American author, may at this time be thought unnecessary.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.