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Mesmerising evidence

By Clinton on August 3, 2009 | Filed in Essays | Comment now

Dalrymple’s weekly BMJ column discusses 18th-century writer Harriet Martineau’s supposed cure for opiate addiction: mesmerism. (Purchase required)

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