James Esdaile
(1808–1859)

British surgeon and mesmerist; father of David Esdaile

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  • Letters from the Red Sea, Egypt, and the Continent (Calcutta, 1839)
  • Mesmeric Facts, reported by James Esdaile, M.D., Civil Assistant-Surgeon (Hooghly, 1845 reprinted from 'India Journal of Medical and Physical Science,' vol. iii. Nos. 5, 6, 1845).
  • Mesmerism in India, and its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine (London, 1846)
  • A Record of Cases treated in the Mesmeric Hospital, from November 1846 to December 1847, with Reports of the Official Visitors. Printed by order of the Government (Calcutta, 1847)
  • A Review of my Reviewers Calcutta, 1848 (reprinted from the 'India Register of Medical Science,' vol. i.)
  • The Introduction of Mesmerism as an Anaesthetic and Curative Agent into the Hospitals of India (Perth, 1852)
  • Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance, with the Practical Application of Mesmerism in Surgery and Medicine( London, 1852)

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