Franz Mesmer - Wikipedia Mesmer did not believe that the magnets had achieved the cure on their own He felt that he had contributed animal magnetism, which had accumulated in his work, to her
Franz Anton Mesmer | Magnetism, Hypnosis, Animal Magnetism - Britannica Franz Anton Mesmer (born May 23, 1734, Iznang, Swabia [Germany]—died March 5, 1815, Meersburg, Swabia) was a German physician whose system of therapeutics, known as mesmerism, was the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism
Mesmer (1994) - IMDb A biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism "
Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) | The Super-Enlightenment - Spotlight . . . Mesmer tried philosophy, theology and law before settling upon medicine, receiving his degree from the University of Vienna in 1766 for a dissertation on the influence of the planets upon the human body entitled Dissertatio physico-medica de planetarum influxu
Mesmerized - Science History Institute Mesmer used magnets to control the misbehaving fluid, and his patient became the first person to be mesmerized and cured of her medical troubles Mesmer’s medical successes were soon tarnished by controversy about both his treatments and his inappropriate relationships with female patients
Franz Mesmer - New World Encyclopedia Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) discovered what he called magnétism animal (animal magnetism) and others often called mesmerism Mesmer's ideas and practices would later be developed by James Braid as modern hypnosis
Mesmer, Franz Anton - University of Georgia Mesmer believed that he could charge substances, including water, with magnetism and that he could treat several patients concurrently by having them hold metal rods placed in containers of magnetized water; his famous baquet was a variation on this kind of group therapy device
Mesmerism: A Theory of the Soul | Encyclopedia. com Since Mesmer believed that the cause of disease was a blockage in the flow of energy, a successful treatment would produce an "overcoming" of that blockage, with dramatic physical results