by Herbert Mayo M.D. (2003) Paperback.
234x156mm
Reprint of third edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1851
152 pages
ISBN 1-874287-69-4
£16.99
One of the core sources for Bram Stoker's
Dracula, Mayo's "letters" explore vampirism, mesmerism
and hypnosis. Letter II gives a clear account of European vampirism.
Letter I. The Divining Rod; Letter II. Vampyrism; Letter III.
Unreal Ghosts; Letter IV. True Ghosts; Letter V. Trance; Letter
VI. Trance-Sleep; Letter VII. Half-Waking Trance, or Somnambulism;
Letter VIII. Trance-Waking; Letter IX. Religious Delusions; Letter
X. Mesmerism; Letter XI. Supplemental; Letter XII. The Odometer
or Divining-Ring; Letter XIII. The Solution; Letter XIV. Hypnotism,
Trance-Umbra.