16 May 2009
Wonders Of Mesmerism
At a rennet mesmeric lecture, in Exeter, one of the experiments most signally failed, to the chagrin of the lecturer. Having, as he fancied, mesmerised a table and a man’s hand, and by some means held the two so effectually together that it all depended on his single will whether they should ever again be parted, he placed a shilling in tempting proximity to the hand “in a fix,” and exclaimed, “There now, my man, if you can take up that shilling you may have it.” “Thank you,” said the honest fellow, as he very coolly dropped the coin into his waistcoat pocket.
