but without relief. It was very bad, and it was feared she would not get over it, when the Rev. Mr. Pyne called, and in treating her in four days she became quite well; for which we feel very grateful. Her appetite is returned, she runs about, sleeps well, and her spirits are excellent. The medical man said if ever she did get over it, most likely she would be a cripple. Her limbs are quite free. (Signed by the Father and Mother)."

In passing through my parish, I observed the horse of a medical officer at the door of a cottage. I, therefore, went in, supposing that sickness must be there. I saw a poor woman lying on her bed, and the worthy practitioner standing by her. The woman, who had had an internal abscess, connected with child-bearing, of some continuance, was suffering much from a pain in her side. The medical man in my presence ordered her a blister and some further remedies. I said to him, "I think, Sir, if you would pardon the liberty I take, I could remove that pain." "Oh! certainly, if you can," he replied. I magnetised her for a few minutes locally, and seeing her countenance brighten, I said, "How do you feel?" "I have no pain in my side now," she answered; "it is gone to my leg and foot." I made some passes there, and again asked her how she was. She said, "I am

easy now.

I said, "What do you mean? that you are free from pain?" "Yes," she replied, "quite free, and quite comfortable." I turned to the medical man, and said, "I trust you will excuse my doing this in your presence.' "Most surely," he candidly answered; "I only wish I could remove pain so easily." He left the house, and the woman fell into a gentle slumber. No blister was needed, nor other remedy. She was well; better, as she informed me two months afterwards, than she had been for fifteen years, and she continued cured. The following is her simple certificate: "Dear Sir,-I return you great thanks that I found so much ease from that blessing that I received. I thank God for it, as I was in great pain. Seven years afflicted; found ease in five minutes."

I need scarcely add, that the medical man's conduct was here as philosophical as it was Christian.

The following may shew the charm which magnetism has had for me. I mean, that the happiness imparted by its curative property has rendered me unmindful of ridicule or censure:A woman, aged sixty-seven, having dislocated her right hip four years since, and the dislocation having never been reduced, the weight of her body in walking fell upon her left leg, which in conse

quence had become weak, and dreadfully painful.

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It is now," she said, as with evident anguish she sat down, "like knives sticking into it through agony. I cannot get any help from the doctors. I cannot sleep. I have come to you through the wonderful cures I hear you have performed. The thigh is worst, and the chief seat of the pain; the whole leg stiff. I have had the pain all the blessed winter; worse for the last three months, now TERRIBLE!" In ten minutes, she said, "I feel in Heaven now, thank the dear Lord, and thank the gentleman; God bless you, Sir! Oh, how comfortable! I have not had such ease for many months.

I can put my leg up now, and the stiffness is gone. I shall go home quite dif

ferent. I can walk well, and had a hard matter indeed to get here.”

The following account I received from the lady of an officer, at whose request I magnetised both her daughter and herself. I confine myself to the remedial effects in the description:

"My dear Sir,-It will give me much pleasure to give you in writing a statement, as far as I can remember, of the effects of mesmerism on my daughter; for let me assure you both she and I feel most grateful for your kind attention, and feel convinced that you were, under Providence, the means of restoring her to health, when, although there

was no serious formed disorder, her medical attendant expressed considerable anxiety about her state of health. She was suffering from influenza, which had left great debility, pain in the back and side, which had caused her for several days previously to walk quite lame; there was swelling about the under part of the face and total disinclination to all exertion either of mind or body. You were kind enough to mesmerise her. Neither myself nor my daughter had ever seen it tried on any one, or had it tried on ourselves. In a very short space of time she fell into a quiet slumber, sighing very frequently, and appearing perfectly happy. She had her eyes quite closed; when spoken to, she answered readily. You asked her if she was comfortable, she replied, 'O, yes!' At one time she frowned and seemed in pain. You asked if she was so, she said, 'Yes, in my side,' and pointed to the spot; you asked if you should remove it, she answered, 'O, yes;' and after a few passes made by you, she seemed quite comfortable and happy. After an hour you asked if she wished to be awakened, she replied,No, no!' You awoke her, however. She sat up and said, 'She had enjoyed a delightful sleep.' No one made any remark to her on the subject for some hours; but we were astonished to observe her set about various domestic arrangements, wish for tea, and play with the children,

having evidently shaken off all those listless feelings she had previously felt. She had no pain, and the lameness when she awoke was quite gone, and has never returned. She slept soundly and comfortably all night, and, although not strong, continued free from pain, and recovered every day after.

"I can also testify to the power of mesmerism in my own person when suffering from violent cold, which had caused pain in every bone, so that I had been two nights and days without sleep; but in a few minutes you removed all pain, and I enjoyed a night of refreshing slumber, certainly, I can safely say, the most delightful sleep I ever enjoyed. Trusting that this very truly valuable gift may, through Divine aid, be the means of soothing the afflictions of many, and hoping you may long enjoy health to render you a blessing to those around you, I wish you every happiness."

In one of the first cases of magnetism I had, the following were the circumstances:-I called on a person, whom I found very ill, unrelieved by medical remedies, and apparently sinking. The chief seat of her malady appeared to be the liver. When I visited her she said, “O that I could sleep! I have not slept day or night for three weeks." I said, "I think I could procure sleep for you." "Could you?" she said, "how grateful I should be; but I