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| Page [vii]: | DEDICATION iii ADVERTISEMENT v TABLE OF CONTENTS vii MESMERISM AND ESTABLISHED PHILOSOPHY 1 |
| In the original book: | PHILOSOPHY, THE ESTABLISHED 9 |
| Page [vii]: | THE USE OF OXYGEN IN PROMOTING COMBUSTION 42 |
| In the original book: | ——, ITS USE IN COMBUSTION 42 |
| Page [vii]: | USE OF THE INSPIRED OXYGEN WITHIN THE SYSTEM 56 |
| In the original book: | USE OF OXYGEN IN RESPIRATION 56 |
| Page [vii]: | NATURAL SLEEP 65 COMATOSE FLOW 66 MESMERIC SLEEP 68 |
| In the original book: | SLEEP, NATURAL 65 ——, MESMERIC 68 COMATOSE FLOW 66 |
| Page [viii]: | TRANSPARENCY 77 OPACITY 77 |
| In the original book: | TRANSPARENCY AND OPACITY 77 |
| Page [viii]: | MESMERISM, CURATIVE 87 ETHERS 87 |
| In the original book: | ETHERS 87 MESMERISM, CURATIVE 87 |
| Page [viii]: | TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE |
| In the original book: | (inserted) |
| Page [10]: | an excruciating, painless toothache, and, |
| In the original book: | an excruciating, painless toothach, and, |
| Page [24]: | velocity and direction makes no exception. |
| In the original book: | velocity and direction makes no exeption. |
| Page [41]: | constituent of every aëriform body |
| In the original book: | constituent of every acriform body |
| Page [42]: | In this twofold manner of service |
| In the original book: | In this two-fold manner of service |
| Page [43]: | suffers de-electrisation and acquires medium |
| In the original book: | suffers de-electrisation and acquiries medium |
| Page [55]: | within the stomach, or in the tea-cup |
| In the original book: | within the stomach, or in the teacup |
| Page [56]: | the accumulation of minus-pressure matter in |
| In the original book: | the accumulation of minus pressure-matter in |
| Page [56]: | which is compensated by minus-pressure matter |
| In the original book: | which is compensated by minus pressure-matter |
| Page [58]: | the arterialising, minus-pressure, imponderable |
| In the original book: | the arterialising, minus pressure, imponderable |
| Page [58]: | losing the arterialising minus-pressure matter |
| In the original book: | losing the arterialising minus pressure matter |
| Page [59]: | the venous flow on the minus-pressure capillary |
| In the original book: | the venous flow on the minus pressure capillary |
| Page [59]: | Use of the Spleen.—The spleen, from being an |
| In the original book: | The spleen, from being an |
| Page [60]: | How the Diaphragm Is Raised.—The diaphragm |
| In the original book: | The diaphragm |
| Page [66]: | Comatose Flow.—It must have been observed by |
| In the original book: | It must have been observed by |
| Page [72]: | above the horizon, the general optic |
| In the original book: | above the horiozn, the general optic |
| Page [87]: | Curative Mesmerism.—The curative principle of |
| In the original book: | The curative principle of |
| Page [87]: | Ethers.—From inhaled ethers, producing |
| In the original book: | From inhaled ethers, producing |
| Page [92]: | The Nature and Power of Will.—The power of |
| In the original book: | The power of |
| Page [103]: | Formation and Use of a Comet.—A Comet may |
| In the original book: | A Comet may |