MITCHELL, Silas Weir

MITCHELL, Silas Weir
(1829-1914)
   US physician, neurologist and writer, of considerable eminence for his original research - he published at least 172 papers from 1852 on neurophysiology and related subjects. Most of his voluminousfiction is historical and depicts US subjects with romantic solemnity. His first story, "The Case of George Dedlow" (1866), is of some sf interest, as it is a SATIRE on Spiritualism. In Dr North and his Friends (1900) a female character exhibits a dual personality; it is one of the earliest appearances of this phenomenon in fiction (PSYCHOLOGY). Little Stories (coll 1903) assembles tales whose sf interest lies in SWM's ability toground supernatural subject matter with speculations usually derived from his own researches. A further story, "Was He Dead?" (1870), appears in Future Perfect (anth 1966) ed H. Bruce FRANKLIN.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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