This work dealing with the science of Mesmerism is written by J, Coates, P.H.D., who says as follows-it is written in every-day language. I ask them to take it as it is-as something more than a mere introduction to a most interesting and important subject. In the following pages the difference between Animal Magnetism and Hypnotism may be traced throughout every chapter. To alleviate pain and suffering, to cure others of diseases and ailments without drugs or the surgeon's knife, is to engage in work evoking the keenest human sympathy. Here is one of the noblest callings to which humankind can devote its energies- a work of sympathy, love and devotion to our fellow mortals and that science is Mesmerism and Hypnotism; by its influence you can cure diseases and extend powerful influence over the mind of others without their knowledge. This book is now left to tell its own tale and it will repay careful perusal.