The type of 'mind-reading' George Beard means here is what we today call muscle-reading, which is a term that Beard himself coined. Beard describes several experiments he conducted and describes very clearly the physiology of muscle-reading, and that it is an involuntary muscle contraction that has nothing to do with animal magnetism or thought transference.
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Magic & Conjuring / Mentalism & Spiritism / Muscle Reading & Contact Mind Reading
Magic & Conjuring / Published 1800-1899
