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 (born May 23, 1734, Iznang, Swabia [Germany]—died March 5, 1815, Meersburg, Swabia) was a German physician whose system of therapeutics, known as …

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 …

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 …

Jun 22, 2024 · Explore mesmerism's history, from Franz Anton Mesmer's "animal magnetism" to modern hypnotherapy and its impact on psychotherapy today.

May 1, 2025 · Mesmer believed that the key to healing lay in the manipulation of a subtle, invisible fluid he called animal magnetism. He postulated that this fluid connected all living creatures …

Dec 6, 2011 · 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 …