Record Number: 17393
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844: 'I have heard that Miss Martineau's connections are greatly vexed by the publicity given to the case [of Martineau's having been apparently cured of an ovarian cyst by mesmerism] [...] The medical men who attended her [...] are said to be both furious & incredulous. Most unpleasant of all is, they have put her medical case in very bare hideous language, I hear, into the Medical Gazettes from whence it has been copied into some Evening papers. Papa who saw it, was lamenting it much. "No man wd like it" he observed, -- "much less a woman. They quite turn her inside out."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Nov 1844 and 30 Nov 1844
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:28 May 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Estate owner
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Jamaica
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Reports concerning cure of Harriet Martineau by mesmerism
Genre:Medicine, Astrology / alchemy / occult
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17393
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:9
Page:253
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 253, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17393, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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