Winter, Alison «Harriet Martineau and the Reform of the Invalid in Victorian England». The Historical Journal, 38, 3, 9-1995, pàg. 597–616. DOI: 10.1017/s0018246x00019993. JSTOR: 264004.
From Ambleside she made two interesting contributions to The Zoist: A Journal of Cerebral Physiology & Mesmerism, and Their Applications to Human Welfare, relating to mesmerism: the first, a letter (dated 19 August 1850) describing her mesmeric treatment of one of her cows: "Mesmeric Cure of a Cow", Vol.8, No.31 (October 1850), pp.300-303; and the second, also a letter (dated 23 October 1850), describing the angry visit of the veterinarian who had previously tried (in vain) to treat her dangerously ill cow (which was now quite well), on his hearing the news of its recovery: "Distressing effects in a Doctor upon the removal of a Disease from a Cow with Mesmerism", Vol.8, No.32 (January 1851), pp.333-337.
H. Peterson, Linda. Autobiography - Harriet Martineau. Broadview Press 2007 [Consulta: 14 juny 2013]. «"Harriet visited Birmingham to see her mother, Elizabeth, in 1846. At that time, Harriet's brother, Robert, was Mayor of Birmingham."»
Anthony Giddens; Simon Griffiths Sociology. Polity, 2006, p. 20.
Bell, H.I. «Letters of Harriet Martineau». The British Museum Quarterley, 7, 1, 1932, pàg. 21–22. JSTOR: 4421387.
Winter, Alison «Harriet Martineau and the Reform of the Invalid in Victorian England». The Historical Journal, 38, 3, 9-1995, pàg. 597–616. DOI: 10.1017/s0018246x00019993. JSTOR: 264004.
