Two tales by the Philadelphia physician first printed anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly. In the first, a cynical charlatan describes his career of fake cures and how easily the public is fooled. In the second, a Union officer who has lost all four limbs describes the strange sensations of missing limbs and a séance that brings them back.
Satire and medical fiction from a doctor famous for his work on nerves and phantom limbs. Download the free EPUB.