[39] Animal Magnetism pt 2

On Short and Interesting we read to you strange and curious things. In 1801, in Georgian-era England, doctor George Winter did not think much about the medical fads of the day. He believed in proper medicine, and wrote a whole book about all the patients he successfully treated. Except, he never said what he actually did to treat them. Surely, that’s so he could protect the value of his medical “knowledge,” rather than to conceal that he didn’t have any. Surely.

If you’re interested in reading this moldy old tome, you can find it on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/b21445667/page/n3/mode/2up.

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