Punch,  37 (1859), 249.

Sympathy with the Pope

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Mesmerism, Religious Authority


    In apparent support of 'the alleged facts of Mesmerism', claims that the Catholic archbishop Paul Cullen's sympathy for Pope Pius IX is so strong that when the latter is being venerated, he has a 'pleasurable tingling sensation' in his great toe.



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