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He considers experimenting on Valdemar, an author whom he had previously mesmerized, and who has recently been diagnosed with phthisis (tuberculosis). He points out that, as far as he knows, no one has ever been mesmerized at the point of death, and he is curious to see what effects mesmerism would have on a dying person. He is interested in mesmerism, a pseudoscience involving bringing a patient into a hypnagogic state by the influence of magnetism, a process that later developed into hypnotism. Valdemar Paperback Apby Edgar Allan Poe (Author), Yasmira Cedeno (Editor) 11 ratings 3.7 on Goodreads 3,727 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 7.00 3 New from 7. The narrator presents the facts of the extraordinary case of his friend Ernest Valdemar, which have incited public discussion. Poe toyed with this for a while before admitting it was a work of pure fiction in his marginalia. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain degree, a hoax, as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Valdemar' ( 1935 ), in Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. Valdemar (April 1926) as it appeared in Amazing Stories.
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