"Then all the doors, this time, were left locked, so that no one could enter from without; to say nothing of the absurd supposition that a Spirit should open a door in order to admit human assistants."--"Debatable Land," p. 467. CHAPTER XXVI. SPIRIT CURES--MR. CAPRON'S WIFE. STATEMENT BY E. W. CAPRON--WIFE OF GENERAL WADDY THOMPSON, OF SOUTH CAROLINA--WIFE OF MR. DAVIS OF PROVIDENCE, R. I. I might fill many pages with my reminiscences under this head, but I now confine myself to three instances, the first in order being also the first in my experience. I take it partly for that reason, and partly because it contains the features of the temporary transfer to myself of the affection removed from the sufferer, and also of the cure having been performed _at a distance_. I. STATEMENT BY E. W. CAPRON. "On the occasion of my first visit at the house of the Fox sisters, then living in Prospect Street, Rochester, I mentioned casually that my wife was afflicted with a very severe and troublesome cough. Nothing more was said about it at the time, but as we sat quietly conversing with and about the 'Spirits,' Leah seemed suddenly entranced and said, 'I'm going to cure Rebecca's cough.' It was no sooner said than done. She visited her mentally and described her accurately, and pronounced her cured. I returned to my home (Auburn) and found her entirely well. I expressed surprise, and asked her how she became so suddenly cured? She said she did not herself understand it, as her cough had left her since 'night before last.' Her cough was cured and never returned. "E. W. CAPRON." NOTE.--I will add that the cough was transferred to myself with equal violence to that which had tormented Mrs. Capron. My family at times feared that I might rupture a blood-vessel. (Why did the Spirits not relieve me too?) It lasted for about a week, when my mother sent for Professor E. C. Rogers, a powerful mesmerizer who happened to be lecturing in Rochester at the time, who by his magnetic power and manipulations gave me prompt and complete relief. He was not a "Spiritualist," nor am I able to say exactly what his philosophy was. He afterward published an 8vo volume of about 330 pages, entitled, "Philosophy of Mysterious Agents, Human and Mundane; or, Dynamic Laws and Relations of Man," etc. A. L. U. II. WIFE OF GENERAL WADDY THOMPSON, OF SOUTH CAROLINA.