“Mesmerists in general have not paid sufficient attention to the beneficial effects of mesmerised water. It may advantageously form part of all mesmeric treatment. The patients, though unable to drink of common water, will have no difficulty with that which is mesmerised. To mesmerise water, fill a large mouthed jug with water, make very slow passes over the opening, and as near as possible to the water, without contact. It requires about five minutes to mesmerise a gallon of water. I have thus mesmerised the New River water, and kept it in bottles for twelve months, at the end of which time it had not lost its magnetic power, and was as pure and drinkable as when it was bottled.”