Amputation a Luxury
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mesmerism, Animal Magnetism, Surgery, Medical Treatment |
Responds to news that a man 'under the influence of Mesmerism' had his leg unknowingly amputated. Believes that the Animals' Friend Society should accordingly urge butchers to magnetise their animals before killing them, and that mesmerism should be used in killing fleas. | |
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