Punch,  47 (1864), 247.

The Present Spiritualistic Excitement

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Spiritualism, Disease, Mental Illness


    'The Tie-fuss fever'—a reference to the sensational William H H Davenport and Ira E Davenport who displayed powers of mediumship whilst tied to chairs in a wooden box.



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