Mesmer
[mez-mer; German mes-muh r]
- Franz [frants, franz; German frahnts] /frænts, frænz; German frɑnts/or Frie·drich An·ton [free-drik an-tn, -ton; German free-drikh ahn-tohn] /ˈfri drɪk ˈæn tn, -tɒn; German ˈfri drɪx ˈɑn toʊn/, 1733–1815, Austrian physician.
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This Doctor Mesmer deserves a few words from us, as his name was then in all mouths.
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Mesmer only condensed this knowledge into a science, and gave it a name.
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Mesmer was furious, and exhausted himself in complaints and menaces.
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But the other doctors were of the bats eyes sort, and hunted Mesmer down.
Mesmer, hearing the police had their eye on him, went to Spa.
Mesmer
(mĕz′mər, mĕs′-)Franz 1734-1815- Austrian physician who sought to treat disease through animal magnetism, an early therapeutic application of hypnotism.
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