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Animal magnetism, also
known as
mesmerism, is a
theory invented by
German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century. It
posits the
existence of an invisible...
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inanimate objects; this he
called "animal magnetism",
later referred to as
mesmerism. Mesmer's
theory attracted a wide
following between about 1780 and 1850...
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proclaimed mesmerism a
complete fallacy. In fact, the
experiments did not
prove the
girls were
faking nor did they show that
mesmerism was false. By...
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through mesmerism eventually won out in Elliotson's hospital,
putting phrenology in a
subordinate role.
Others amalgamated phrenology and
mesmerism as well...
- that King
Louis XVI of
France appointed two
commissions to
investigate mesmerism; one was led by Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the other, led by
Benjamin Franklin...
- 1846 and
permanently closed in 1848,
Elliotson "continued to
practise mesmerism at the Sukeas'
Street Dispensary until he left
India in 1851". In 1848...
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Maine from
France on an
extended lecture tour in New
England about mesmerism, also
widely known as hypnotism. He was a
French mesmerist who followed...
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Hippolyte Ferdinand Baraduc (Hyères, Var, France,
November 15, 1850 – Paris, France, May 1, 1909) was a
French physician and parapsychologist,
highly known...
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speculated to be
Suejiro Bakuro, the
originator of ****anese
mesmerism in Mamiya's
mesmerism literature. In the video, a
female subject was
hypnotized by...
- The Zoist: A
Journal of
Cerebral Physiology &
Mesmerism, and
Their Applications to
Human Welfare was a
British journal,
devoted to the
promotion of the...
