ESDAILE, James (1808-1859). Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine. London: Longman, 1846. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Dr. W.A.F. Browne (gift inscription from G.M. Ogilvie on front free endpaper); Will. Elgin of Edinburgh (bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION. Esdaile, in charge of the hospital at Hooghly, India, experimented with mesmerism to facilitate operations and other cures. He had sufficient success to secure government support and the charge of a hospital in Calcutta, but on returning to Scotland in 1851 found he was unable to achieve the same results on Scottish patients. Garrison-Morton 5650.3; Norman 709. -- Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine. Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, 1851. 12o. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Geo. B. Satterlee (bookplate). Second American edition. Norman 710. -- The introduction of Mesmerism as an anaesthetic and curative agent, into the hospitals of India. Perth: Dewar & Son, 1852. Stabbed as issued. Provenance: Editor of the Courant (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION AND PRESENTATION COPY. Norman 711. -- Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance, with the practical application of Mesmerism in Surgery and Medicine. London: Bailliere, 1852. Original blindstamped black cloth (rebacked preserving original spine). FIRST EDITION. Norman 712. Together 4 vols., 8o except as noted. (4)

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ESDAILE, James (1808-1859). Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine. London: Longman, 1846. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Dr. W.A.F. Browne (gift inscription from G.M. Ogilvie on front free endpaper); Will. Elgin of Edinburgh (bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION. Esdaile, in charge of the hospital at Hooghly, India, experimented with mesmerism to facilitate operations and other cures. He had sufficient success to secure government support and the charge of a hospital in Calcutta, but on returning to Scotland in 1851 found he was unable to achieve the same results on Scottish patients. Garrison-Morton 5650.3; Norman 709. -- Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine. Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, 1851. 12o. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Geo. B. Satterlee (bookplate). Second American edition. Norman 710. -- The introduction of Mesmerism as an anaesthetic and curative agent, into the hospitals of India. Perth: Dewar & Son, 1852. Stabbed as issued. Provenance: Editor of the Courant (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION AND PRESENTATION COPY. Norman 711. -- Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance, with the practical application of Mesmerism in Surgery and Medicine. London: Bailliere, 1852. Original blindstamped black cloth (rebacked preserving original spine). FIRST EDITION. Norman 712. Together 4 vols., 8o except as noted. (4)