Franz Mesmer - Wikipedia Franz Anton Mesmer ( ˈ m ɛ z m ər MEZ-mər; [1] German:; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he called " animal magnetism ", later referred to as mesmerism
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 Mesmer: Directed by Roger Spottiswoode With Donal Donnelly, David Burke, Peter Dvorsky, Alan Rickman A biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism "
Mesmerized - Science History Institute Mesmer termed the force animal gravity, later to become animal magnetism In 1774 Mesmer began treating a young woman who had a long list of symptoms—fevers, vomiting, unbearable toothaches and earaches, delirium, and even occasional paralysis
Mesmerism: A Theory of the Soul | Encyclopedia. com Mesmer, using both Mead's medical theories and Newton's theories of gravity as his examples, argued for the existence of a force he called "animal gravity," "a force which actually strains, relaxes and agitates the cohesion, elasticity, irritability, magnetism, and electricity in the smallest fluid and solid particles of our machine "
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 (1734-1815) was born in Iznang on the German shore of Lake Constance Mesmer's secondary education was in Jesuit schools, and his post-secondary education continued at the Jesuit universities in Dilligen and Ingolstadt Pursuing a theological degree, Mesmer was