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Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital Report 1849 by Gabriel Medina is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document is a report from the Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital summarizing their activities from March to September 1849. Some key points: - They performed numerous painless surgical operations using mesmerism including removing large scrotal tumors weighing up to 96 pounds. - Mortality rates for these operations using mesmerism were very low, only 5 deaths out of 100 operations, compared to estimated rates of 5% for similar operations using other methods. - Mesmerism was also used successfully to relie

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Gabriel Medina

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