The author discusses the role of imagination in the history of medicine in Volume III, Book III, entitled "The Magnetisers".
The author discusses the role of imagination in the history of medicine in Volume III, Book III, entitled "The Magnetisers". The first volume includes discussions on the influence of politics and religion on facial hair, the popular admiration for great thieves, and such economics disasters as the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles, all classified under the heading "National Delusions", while Volume II, "Peculiar Follies", concerns the Crusades, haunted houses, and witch hunts. FTP, what is this classic 1841 text by Charles MacKay about mass hysteria?
The author discusses the role of imagination in the history of medicine in Volume III, Book III, entitled "The Magnetisers".
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds