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Influencing Machine: James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom

Author: Mike Jay.

Influencing Machine: James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom

Author: Mike Jay.

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Item #: D31835
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2012
Publisher: Strange Attractor
ISBN: 9781907222139
Confined in Bedlam in 1797 as an incurable lunatic, James Matthews' case is one of the most bizarre in the annals of psychiatry. He was the first person to insist that his mind was being controlled by a machine: the Air Loom, a terrifying secret weapon whose mesmeric rays were brainwashing politicians. But Matthews' case was even stranger than his doctors re... More
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Confined in Bedlam in 1797 as an incurable lunatic, James Matthews' case is one of the most bizarre in the annals of psychiatry. He was the first person to insist that his mind was being controlled by a machine: the Air Loom, a terrifying secret weapon whose mesmeric rays were brainwashing politicians. But Matthews' case was even stranger than his doctors realized: many of the incredible conspiracies were entirely real. Caught up in the French revolution, he found himself with a secret that no-one would believe.


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