Excerpt from The Mighty Curative Powers of Mesmerism: Proved in Upwards of One Hundred and Fifty Cases of Various DiseasesFrom this period the attacks which had at first so distressed me were lessened, and they gradually yielded as facts were produced and accumulated evidence was given. My Operations were not confined to weak, ener rated persons. By far the greater number were muscular agricultural labourers, who, in the west of England, particularly in Devonshire, from sudden changes of tem perature are subject to severe rheumatic pains. These are greatly modified and frequently disappear after a few applications of mesmeric passes.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.