116 STUDIES IN ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY: 



CHAPTER VIII 

 ANIMAL MAGNETISM 



FOR more than a century we have heard of " Animal 

 Magnetism," and even some modern scientific men 

 Professor Rosenthal amongst the number are inclined to 

 attribute certain vital phenomena to magnetic influences 

 contained in the body. 



The temptation to do so is great because some points 

 of resemblance may be found, but the view is a fallacious 

 one, as I will endeavour to show. 



Inasmuch as we do not know what the force called 

 magnetism is, I do not propose to discuss it further than is 

 necessary. In the course of nearly forty years of research 

 work I have not been able to find any evidence of its 

 existence in the human body. Superficially, however, 



Fig. 23. 



certain phenomena may appear to be due to magnetic 

 control. 



As instances of this we may take mitotic division and 



