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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mesmer began to base his medical practice on his belief that an invisible fluid ran through all living things. Disease resulted when the fluid’s flow became blocked.

Since Mesmer believed that the cause of disease was a blockage in the flow of energy, a successful treatment would produce an "overcoming" of that blockage, with dramatic physical …

Franz Anton Mesmer was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring betwee...

Mesmerism is a historical practice and theory of healing that involves inducing an altered state of consciousness through hypnosis or trance-like states, originally developed by Franz Anton …