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RefNoAP/31/15
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Mesmeric phenomena: thought-reading and clairvoyance' by W F [William Ford] Stevenson
Date17 April 1849
DescriptionStevenson suggests that the phenomena of thought-reading and clairvoyance have not been accounted for philosophically. He discusses 'mesmeric sleep', caused by acting upon the 'nervous fluid', which he posits is either electric matteror a modification of such matter.

Subject: Extrasensory perception / Parapsychology

Written by Stevenson in Clifton [England].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA3728Stevenson; William Ford (- 1852) - 1852
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