Mesmer

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1. Mesmer - Noun

2. Mesmer - Proper noun

Meaning

Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)

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Baes, C.F.; Mesmer, R.E. The Hydrolysis of Cations, (1976), Wiley, New York Ions with low charges, such as Na + are very weak acids with almost imperceptible hydrolysis. Source: Internet

Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called "Mesmerism" or " animal magnetism "), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked. Source: Internet

Building largely on Newton 's theory of the tides, Mesmer expounded on certain tides in the human body that might be accounted for by the movements of the sun and moon. Source: Internet

An English physician who observed Mesmer described the treatment as follows: In the middle of the room is placed a vessel of about a foot and a half high which is called here a "baquet". Source: Internet

By 1780 Mesmer had more patients than he could treat individually and he established a collective treatment known as the "baquet." Source: Internet

In 1779, with d'Eslon's encouragement, Mesmer wrote an 88-page book, Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal, to which he appended his famous 27 Propositions. Source: Internet

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