Punctuation has been corrected without note.

The following printer’s errors have been corrected, on page

1“neaking” changed to “sneaking” (tinged with a sneaking sympathy for its hero)
49“odject” changed to “object” (that the position of the lost object could)
66“comandingly” changed to “commandingly” (soothingly or commandingly filling the patient’s mind)
81“handing” changed to “handed” (would not want his enemies handed over to)
90“a” added (brutal soldiery, in a Rouen market-place)
90“Salpètriêre” changed to “Salpêtrière” (Come to the Salpêtrière Hospital, and I will show you)
97“gegenbüer” changed to “gegenüber” (Die Tagesansicht gegenüber der Nachtansicht)
98“cerebal” changed to “cerebral” (chemical change in cerebral tissue or what not)
100“discontinous” changed to “discontinuous” (thin and indeed discontinuous skin which).

Otherwise oddities and inconsistencies of the original text have been preserved, including the spelling of foreign names.

The first name of Mesmer was Franz, not Friedrich.

On page 37 a paragraph starts with point 1. There is no point 2.