The Prevision of Punch
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mesmerism, Spiritualism, Psychology, Mental Illness, Physiology, War |
Describing Mr Punch's 'clairvoyance' as 'natural lucidity', claims that he knew long before war broke out between England and Russia that the 'disordered intellect' of Emperor Nicholas I was caused by 'internal evils', specifically a 'bilious disorder'. | |
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