CHAPTER IV

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THEORIES RESPECTING PSYCHIC PHENOMENA.

Theory of de Gasparin 100

“ of Thury 100

“ of des Mousseaux, de Mirville 100

“ of Babinet 101

“ of Houdin 101

“ of MM. Royer and Jobart de Lamballe 102

The twins—“unconscious cerebration” and “unconscious ventriloquism.” 105

Theory of Crookes 112

“ of Faraday 116

“ of Chevreuil 116

The Mendeleyeff commission of 1876 117

Soul blindness 121

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