Author: FERRIAR, John.
Title: An essay towards a theory of apparitions.
Description: London: printed for Cadwell & Davies; by J. & J. Haddock, Warrington, 1813. 8vo. 139[1]pp. Modern plain quarter cloth, paper sides, new endpapers. John FERRIAR (1761-1815) held the post of Senior Physician of the Manchester Infirmary for 26 years. In this essay he looks at the 'tricks of the trade' and dismisses them with reasoned argument. 'Ferriar was the first to proffer an entirely physio-pathological explanation of ghosts and other supernatural apparitions' - Norman 790. Hunter & Macalpine, page 543.

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