Burlington Free Press

A CASE OF MESMERISM.—We learn that yesterday a tumor or cancer was cut from the breast of Mrs North, of this city, by Dr. Kimball. Before proceeding to perform the operation, Mrs North was put into a magnetic state by Mr Gleason, overseer of the Middlesex wool shop. The operation was a very painful one, and occupied some fifteen minutes, during which time the lady gave no intimation that she suffered pain, and after the operation was performed, when she had become perfectly conscious, she said she was pained very little, though she had a sort of dreamy, indistinct notion all the while that the operation was going on. We obtained these facts from Dr. Kimball. Several persons were present all the time, among whom was the Rev. Mr Remington. All of the parties are of the highest respectability, and are known as among our best citizens. We give the above facts to show that mesmerism is not all a humbug, as many of us have supposed.—Lowell Courier.