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Franz Anton Mesmer ( / ˈmɛzmər / MEZ-mər; [1] German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; 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.
May 19, 2024 · 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.
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Jun 4, 2016 · The Discovery of the Unconscious. Basic Books, 1970. Lived 1734 - 1815. Franz Mesmer is one of very few people whose name has become a verb in everyday use - mesmerize. Mesmer was friends with some of the most memorable characters in history, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Marie Antoinette.
Associate professor of History, Stanford University. Franz Anton Mesmer, a doctor from the Swabian village of Iznang, was born on 23 May 1734, the third of nine children of a gamekeeper and forest warden to the Archbishop of Constance. Mesmer tried philosophy, theology and law before settling upon medicine, receiving his degree from the ...
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Apr 27, 2017 · Mesmer was an 18th century doctor who developed the theory of animal magnetism (more about that later), as well as a related style of treatment that came to be known as mesmerism. His theories...
Mar 5, 2019 · Employing his theories of animal magnetism, Franz Mesmer conducts a therapy session with his patients positioned around a large baquet. Photograph by Josse/Scala, Florence. HISTORY MAGAZINE....
May 18, 2018 · Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) was the originator of the doctrine of animal magnetism, later called mesmerism. Son of a gamekeeper on the estate of a bishop, Mesmer studied divinity first at Dillingen and then at Ingolstadt, where he acquired the degree of doctor of philosophy.
