On the beginning of spiritism in Spain: the mental epidemic of the revolving tables in 1853 in the medical press
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10.3989/asclepio.2006.v58.i2.22>
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Abstract
This work is studying, through the Spanish medical press, the episode of the revolving and paralleling tables that took place between April and July 1853. Their reception by the doctors, the experiments they carried out and the explanations given to them are analysed in turn. The impact of this mental epidemic is also considered: attracting attention to unconscious mental activity, promoting animal magnetism and encouraging the emergence of spiritism.