Fascination; or the Philosophy of charming, illustrating the principles of life in connection with spirit and matter
Fascination; or the Philosophy of charming is an 1854 anatomical and mesmeric treatise published in New York by Fowlers & Wells, written by John B. Newman for a general readership interested in animal magnetism. Its woodcut pictures show dissected anatomy, with branching vessels, lymphatic chains and organs in the abdomen drawn in fine black line on a cream ground, offering a designer clear, diagrammatic linework for scientific or vintage medical graphics.

















