| 单词 | Mesmer |
| 例句 | Dr. Mesmer, so sorry for the loss of your friend. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The alliterative linking of menstruation to Mesmer mocks the irrationality of the scientific establishment with regard to both. Poem of the week: The Seventh Art in the Sanatorium by Heather Hartley 2010-11-22T13:27:00Z In Paris in the early 1780s, Franz Anton Mesmer was attracting attention for his showy demonstrations of “mesmerism,” or what would later be called hypnotism. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It also makes your Ranger or Mesmer or Engineer much more likely to be different from someone else’s. 9 Ways Guild Wars 2 Is Better than Any Other MMO 2012-09-11T18:00:50Z If Ameca doesn’t creep you out enough, Engineered Arts also developed another realistic bot, named Mesmer. A humanoid robot makes eerily lifelike facial expressions 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Reflecting on that ideal mental state, I thought of mesmerism, the precursor to hypnosis, conceived in the 1770s by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer. This Centuries-Old Trick Will Unlock Your Productivity 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer accidentally discovers hypnotism while treating a blind child. Movies on TV this week, Sept. 13: 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z In phone world, my name is Carmen, and I’m gunning for a job at an enigmatic architecture firm called Mesmer & Braid. Welcome to HoloVista: a surreal game that explores our relationship with technology 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Attorney Joshua Mesmer appealed to the high court after an attorney disciplinary committee recommended that he be suspended for three years. Not asleep on the job? Lawyer’s sleep apnea claim rejected 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Also in Paris at the time was a Viennese physician named Franz Anton Mesmer. What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z She entered the weekend as the second seed in the bracket behind Holy Cross’s Dori Mesmer. Good Counsel wins first WCAC girls’ tennis championship since 1996 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Modern psychology can trace its roots to Franz Mesmer’s 18th century animal magnetism and the travelling “mesmerists” that practiced his healing crafts. What Disneyland Means To The Video Game Generation 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “I knew he was a fiery player,” said Mesmer of Tiafoe, who joined the Stags prior to the season after playing only United States Tennis Association league matches. Tennis: Freddy Mesmer leads Gonzaga to fifth straight WCAC championship 2014-05-05T22:01:57Z According to the committee, Mesmer represented the owner of a tire company in a dispute over money it owed another company, but repeatedly lied to her about filing paperwork on her behalf. Not asleep on the job? Lawyer’s sleep apnea claim rejected 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z To the Franklin commission, the question wasn’t whether Mesmer was a fraud and his patients were dupes. What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Mesmer, who won the No. 2 singles title last year behind former Holy Cross standout Shannon Hanley, triumphed in her semifinal match Saturday but forfeited the final because she left to go out of town. Good Counsel wins first WCAC girls’ tennis championship since 1996 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z There was a lot of unknown before today,” said Courtney Mesmer, president of the D.C. Nine years after Congress’s request, FDA defines ‘gluten-free’ 2013-08-02T22:53:00Z But on a sunny afternoon at Olney Manor Recreational Park, Mesmer faced an unfamiliar foe who forced him to adjust on the fly. Tennis: Freddy Mesmer leads Gonzaga to fifth straight WCAC championship 2014-05-05T22:01:57Z The court said given that Mesmer violated duties to his client, the public, the legal system and the legal profession, disbarment was an appropriate baseline sanction. Not asleep on the job? Lawyer’s sleep apnea claim rejected 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Back in the 18th century, German physician Franz Mesmer peddled a concept called animal magnetism. Scientists Decipher the Healing Powers of Placebos (preview) 2013-04-04T12:15:00.497Z Yan took the main court for No. 1 doubles, which Mesmer’s absence forced Holy Cross to forfeit, too, and showcased the power her coach lauded when she and Keller faced Jackson and Amber Brown. Good Counsel wins first WCAC girls’ tennis championship since 1996 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Mesmer and Thief are the classes I rolled so far, and both seemed to be balanced. A 'World of Warcraft' Player Reviews 'Guild Wars 2' 2012-08-27T03:22:15Z Mesmer, as might have been foreseen, became the object of persecution and of ridicule, and withdrew to Switzerland and Suabia. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It considered his sleep apnea a mitigating “personal problem” but not a disability, in part because Mesmer’s expert witness called the disorder mild, not severe. Not asleep on the job? Lawyer’s sleep apnea claim rejected 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Mesmer used magnetized objects to redirect that flow in patients, initiating unusual body sensations, fainting, vomiting or violent convulsions that ended in profound salubrious effects. Scientists Decipher the Healing Powers of Placebos (preview) 2013-04-04T12:15:00.497Z But it had been acutely stimulated by the performances and professions of Mesmer at Vienna and Paris in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z We do not hear that Mesmer had attracted De Loutherbourg, nor do we find an exact record of his connexion with Cagliostro. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z In 1774, Father Hell, a Jesuit and professor of astronomy at Vienna, having cured himself of a severe rheumatism by magnetism, related the result of his experiments to Mesmer. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Mesmer’s attorney declined to comment on the ruling Wednesday. Not asleep on the job? Lawyer’s sleep apnea claim rejected 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Mesmer fell a victim to professional jealousy and ignorance, and was banished from France. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z At one time indeed Mesmer actually employed a magnet in the manipulation by which he induced the peculiar condition in his patients. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z In your despondent state you would, within the living tomb of the cloister, become in a month a hysterical convulsionaire--fit subject for Mesmer's tub! The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Mesmer soon found a warm advocate of his doctrines in a Dr. D’Eslon, and animal magnetism became in fashionable vogue. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z His lips were bloodless, his pale face convulsed, while his brother mechanically followed his lead, like one under influence of Mesmer. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Let us all agree to be convinced that Mesmer is a persecuted saint. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It was not, however, till seventeen years later--in the year 1775, to be precise--that Mesmer published his famous letter to the Academies of Europe. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z During the meal the abb� would discuss the latest rumour with the lady at the head of the table in amicable fashion, or join with her in arguing some point arising out of Mesmer's letters. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Mesmer's experiment was almost a "fool's experiment," and Mesmer himself was almost a charlatan. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z It was charming well, thanks to the delightful and indefatigable pupil of Mesmer and the enlightened marquis. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z All the medicos of the French capital uprose with one accord, like one large man, and sent the great Mesmer flying. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The followers of Mesmer degraded his art by making it a merry pastime or a lucrative exhibition, without regard to truthfulness, and without reverence for science. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z I am afraid that you will have to study Mesmer's doctrines, so that he may not miss that woman. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z The first name that must be mentioned is, of course, that of Mesmer himself. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z These facts were first discovered nearly a hundred and fifty years ago by a French doctor named Mesmer. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z When hounded from the capital, Mesmer had travelled south before settling at Spa, and the abb� had seen him perform his marvels. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Mesmer, in the course of time, adopted the better method of his former pupil, and now his system was complete. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z What was to prevent this flabby Clovis, since he felt the void so much, from seeking another adept, even from applying to Mesmer for just such another siren as the last? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z To Mesmer, then, we owe the first conception of the therapeutic power of a sudden and profound nervous change. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z He knew something about Mesmer and his experiments from his reading at home. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z She is an adept of the first class, educated under the eye of Mesmer himself, instructed in all the intricacies of animal magnetism, and has, moreover, successfully followed the avocation of governess. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z In 1784 he was on the committee which investigated Mesmer, and the report is a document of lasting scientific value. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z This was a large tub, filled with bottles of water previously “magnetised” by Mesmer. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Let us suppose, then, that we are standing at our present point, but with no more knowledge of hypnotic phenomena than existed in the boyhood of Mesmer. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Mesmer also found that a certain proportion of his patients went into a sleep more or less profound under his manipulations, during which somnambulism, or sleep-walking, appeared. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z Why had Mesmer thrust his prot�g�e upon the neophyte? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z They declared that there was not a trace of electricity or any other physical force in Mesmer's apparatus. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z Mesmer and his assistants walked about, supplementing the treatment by pointing with the fingers, or with iron rods, at the diseased parts. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z He was one of the commission which exposed the imposture of Mesmer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z So, curiously enough, it happened that Charcot commenced exactly where Mesmer had commenced a hundred years before. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z She could not guess that he was afraid to stop in Paris, and that he was revolving an embryo scheme of closer union with Mesmer. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Mesmer called this apparatus a baquet or battery and it was thought to have some wonderful electric properties. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z But the fact remains that Mesmer certainly wrought cures. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Mr. Mesmer will content himself with playing on the armonica, without wearying us with the electric fluid; ambition, envy, snobbery, jealousy, prejudice, all these will vanish at the sound of the trumpet. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Mesmer, who lived nearly three hundred years after him, reaped the glory of a discovery made, as Lessing says, by the martyred fire-philosopher who died in Salzburg hospital. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Let us have Mesmer back at once from banishment. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Like Mesmer he realized that treating people in groups led them mutually to influence each other and to bring about improvement. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z It is no longer possible for any instructed person to regard Mesmer as a charlatan who knowingly deluded the public for his own profit. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Lavoisier was a member with Franklin of the commission which investigated the therapeutic value of mesmerism, and exposed the imposture of Mesmer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z It is not so long ago that the very fact of hypnotism was doubted—Mesmer was long regarded as a mere quack—but to-day the induced trance is universally credited. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z I care no sou for Mesmer or Cagliostro, or any of the conjuring rout. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Galileo and Kepler made horoscopes, and Mesmer wrote a thesis on the influence of the stars on human constitutions. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Obviously, Mesmer, having treated his patients, could not prove that they would not have recovered if he had not treated them; so his critics had a strong position. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Mesmer was thus interrupted in his career to wealth and fame, and a most insolent attempt to impose upon the human understanding baffled. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z What their descendants may arrive at, especially in alliance with the disciples of Mesmer, to whom distance is no object, and brick and mortar no impediment, it is hard to anticipate. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Why not have compelled yourself, with pardonable falsehood, to ask tenderly after the favourite 'cello, have begged to be told more of Mesmer? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z They followed Mesmer through the halls and confessed that it was impossible not to be warmly attached to the person of the magnetizer. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z No doubt the phenomena in question have been often discovered, forgotten, and rediscovered; but in modern times the movement dates from Mesmer. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Mesmer will not even appear among the accused. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Even in the eighteenth century, Mesmer wrote a thesis for his doctorate at the University of Vienna on the influence of the stars on human constitutions. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Exhorted by Mesmer from a distance, the faithful toiled quietly on, that the name of their master might be exalted. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Mesmer stroked his patients gently, and others have used the same process with advantage. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Magnetism is not new; Mesmer, the able Foria, and afterwards many serious and learned men have inquired into it, and discovered undeniable virtues. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 By God's thunder, it is the traitor, Mesmer! The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mesmer himself was a very erratic, unscientific man, who either did not or would not arrange his observations into scientific order, from which logical deductions might have been made. A Modern Wizard The high priest of the new creed was Mesmer, a Swabian doctor, who was conspicuously successful in waging war against the envious elves who undermine the health. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Mesmer carried a long iron wand with which he touched the bodies of the patients and especially the diseased parts. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The verdicts pronounced in the olden time against Mohammed and Mesmer and Robespierre were set aside, and a new trial granted. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. He had no sooner seen this animal stabled, and gone to his room, than he was visited by Count Mesmer, accompanied by a lackey bearing a gold-hilted dress sword, another token of his highness's gratitude. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z At the time when Mesmer made so much noise in Paris with his magnetism, M. Campan, my husband, was his partisan, like almost every person who moved in high life. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Under Mesmer's influence the sick took up their beds and walked, the halt flung away their crutches. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Some of these methods continued to be employed by the successors of Mesmer and De Puysegur, the sense of touch being the principal adjuvant, though Mesmer employed also the sense of hearing. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z In the years before Cagliostro, Mesmer, and the magnetisers, who appeared towards the close of the century, a good many priests still worked away at the old dead witchcraft. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Mesmer then sounded him as to his future, in such a manner as to raise suspicion of Lord George's having dropped a hint in a proper quarter. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z To accomplish this object, it was necessary to bewilder the understanding; and Mesmer, with his singular language, produced that effect. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Her husband dabbled in philanthropy; the abb� was an excellent man, bent on doing good to his fellows; and this was the reason for the interest of both in Mesmer. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Mesmer used music to predispose the mind, but had many of the methods of modern hypnotists. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The hounds have been on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Mesmer, or Saint Hubert in the Ardennes, or some other holy intercessor who has made a speciality of the health of hunting-dogs. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Fearful, I suppose, lest the Landgrave would after all let him suffer, in order to make sure of his silence, Mesmer stipulated that he should be allowed to escape at the moment of arrest. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mesmer was asked for a certificate, to prove that the patient had been cured by means of magnetism only; and he gave it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Of course she was--a favourite pupil of Mesmer's, who knew his secrets, was mistress of his system. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Seated opposite to him, foot against foot, knee against knee, Mesmer laid his fingers upon the hypochondriac region and moved them to and fro, lightly touching the ribs. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Anthony Mesmer, the great chorœgus of the magnetic mummers, was born in 1733, and excited a vast deal of attention, by the enormous pretensions which he set forth on the subject of magnetism. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 And Mesmer leaned back in his chair, with a self-laudatory smile, like an orator who has made his point. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mesmer fixed his claims at a very extravagant rate. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 How delicious before he went, he declared with rapture, to have his mind relieved, to be assured that the magic tub was no fraud--Mesmer, a genius, not a charlatan! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Even so late as 1766 Mesmer was graduated at the University of Vienna, when it was doing the best medical work in Europe, with a thesis on "The Influence of the Stars on Human Constitutions." Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Mesmer excited convulsions; Deslin effected crises, such as are seen in diseases. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Mesmer once inside a prison, he doubtless thought, the Landgrave might consider a dungeon—or a grave—the safest place for a man who possessed the secret of so detestable a transaction. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z It happened that about this time my husband was attacked with a pulmonary disorder, and he desired that he might be conveyed to Mesmer's house. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 She began to perceive that it might not be so easy to vanquish Mesmer, and, seeing them as shocked as she was, felt rather anxious to be rid of her guests. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z In 1765 Mesmer secured widespread attention by advancing the theory that heavenly bodies influence human beings by means of a subtle fluid which he called "animal magnetism." Introduction to the Science of Sociology If it will make no cure, it will probably make much pay; since Mesmer got upwards of 340,000 francs for his mumming exhibitions, to the spectacle loving quidnuncs of Paris. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 "Let this be my affair," said Romberg, and immediately rode towards Mesmer, drawing his sword as he did so. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z His entire bearing—his lofty attitude of mind, his personal dignity all contribute to the inexplicable attraction that the arch hypnotist Mesmer first described as animal magnetism. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Glory would cover Mesmer and his two disciples. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Mesmer has been well avenged by Charcot, the great professor who fills the chair in the clinical ward of the Saltpetriere for the nervous diseases of women. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 This commission in 1784, so fully exposed the fallacy of Mesmer's theories and practice, that he soon afterwards quitted Paris, and retired to England under a feigned name. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Mesmer suddenly recognized the two gentlemen and divined Romberg's purpose. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Hence Mesmer should be called a benefactor to mankind, for he has pointed out the correct way. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 Calm being a sine qua non, Mesmer had pointed out long since that music was a necessary feature in an operation while the patient was being manipulated. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It was discovered by a Viennese, Mesmer, who belonged to that curious branch of the Freemasons, the Illuminati. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 The fanatic preacher excites convulsions and trance in his auditory to persuade them that they are visited by the Holy Spirit; Mesmer produced the same effects as a means of curing disease. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 A third—slim, talkative, vain, meddlesome, with brazen gray eyes and reddish eye-lashes—was Count Mesmer, one of his highness's chamberlains. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z This vis inertiæ is harder to conquer in the thought realm than in lifeless nature, for Mesmer appeared a hundred years ago, and yet to-day they call him “a perfect charlatan.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 The two talked Mesmer all day long; formed plans for mutual assistance: held lengthy conferences in the study, which always had, now the satisfying result of improving Clovis's temper. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z But the other doctors were of the bats’ eyes sort, and hunted Mesmer down. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 In attempting to identify this force, Mesmer first supposed it to be electricity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 It ought to have been thought of when we accepted Count Mesmer's suggestion to leave our compact concealed in my room. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mesmer, who was luminous for a while, did not fail to dupe the people. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 He had previously become thoroughly imbued with the notions of Swedenborg, Mesmer, and the famous Richard Brothers, and was quite ripe for anything fantastic. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Mesmer, hearing the police had their eye on him, went to Spa. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 Then Mesmer observed that, without employing magnets, Gassner obtained very much the same kind of effects upon the human body which he had produced with their aid. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 He found that the first man was the chamberlain, Count Mesmer. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z These proceedings, which are called magnetic, or named after Mesmer, mesmeric, have had to battle for recognition, for existence even, against the college and the church. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 The modern operator, whatever his theories may be, borrows his technique from Mesmer and Liébeault with equal impartiality, and thus renders classification impossible. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science They reported that “the magnetic fluid of which Mesmer speaks does not exist.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 All that remains, combining originality and value, of Mesmer's art, is, that it furnishes the surest method of inducing this particular condition of the system. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 "You make a light matter of high treason, Viscount," replied Mesmer, in a somewhat husky voice. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z In the light of anthropology, however, it is not necessary to adhere to the old formulæ of the followers of Mesmer. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 Science has developed since Mesmer; but it is always an important thing to pour out the fluid and to make passes, which, in the first place, must have the effect of inducing sleep. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life The reader will observe in the foregoing letter and in all medical literature Mesmer is spoken of as a “charlatan” and “empiric.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 Mesmer strove, by the latter, to explain the effects which his practice produced. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 But what proof will there be against us, beyond Mesmer's testimony? The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Father, his magnetic cures; his connexion with Mesmer, i. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Mesmer was a German physician of the same period. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Dr. Mesmer was neither an ignoramus nor a quack, but a graduated physician, although his title is generally omitted. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 It is unnecessary to follow Mesmer through his minor performances. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 This very afternoon they found the signed compact in your room; they knew from Mesmer exactly where it was hidden. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mesmer, Anthony, the founder of animal magnetism, his history and theory, i. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds He and Joe talked over clairvoyance and mesmerism,—a curious power developed by a learned German, Dr. Mesmer, akin to that of some of the old magicians. A Little Girl of Long Ago There was a Latin copy of Artemidorus, Mesmer's "Shepherd," Mathew Paris, some volumes in Greek, and some I judged to be Arabian and Hebrew. The Thing from the Lake The method of Mesmer was an attempt to cure bodily disease by making a forcible impression on the nerves. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Then Mesmer hastened back to the palace, so as to be seen at the card party, from which he feared he might already have been missed. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z This is somewhat akin to the theory first propounded by Mesmer, and which has been revived, in somewhat altered form, more than a hundred years later. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal It was that eminent astronomer, Maximilian Hell, who supposed that magnets affected the human frame, and, at first, approved of Mesmer's views. Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. As a young man Mesmer became interested in astrology, believing that the stars exert, according to their relative position at certain times, a direct influence upon human beings. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The extraordinary tales of Mesmer's immediate and instantaneous personal power over individuals are probably part exaggeration, part the real result of his confidence and practice in the use of the means he wielded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The visitor then turned back his cloak and disclosed the face of Count Mesmer, the callous, self-assertive chamberlain. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mesmer held that thought was communicated from brain to brain "by the vibrations of a subtle fluid with which the nerve substance is in continuity." The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Soon after the commissions started their investigations, Mesmer returned to Paris at the invitation of his friends, who proposed to open a subscription for him for 10,000 louis. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing After the latter had waited for a while in expectant silence, Mesmer would appear, wearing a coat of lilac silk, and carrying a magician's wand, which he manipulated in a graceful and mysterious manner. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Much I mourned The sad disheartened life that Mesmer led. Stories in Verse Mesmer, an 18th century physician, believed that hypnosis occurred as a result of "vital fluids" drawn from a magnet or lodestone and which drew their unique qualities from the sun, moon and stars. A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis But especially in Germany animal magnetism in Mesmer's form and in the form of artificial somnambulism grew in influence through the first decades of the nineteenth century and succeeded in entering the medical schools. Psychotherapy This dual theory of magnetic cures, that of the magnetic influence of men on men and of the magnet on man, was prevalent for over a century, and found its latest exponent in Mesmer. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Mesmer experimented with magnets extensively, but soon abandoned their use, as he found that he could obtain equally good results without them. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The disciples of Dr. Mesmer were without number. Art in England Notes and Studies His pupils became quite expert in tricks of demoniacal possession, falling into convulsions and trances, and going through all the absurdities occasionally practised at the present day, by the disciples of Mesmer. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Dr. Mesmer, who had given to it his own name, was then in Paris, as we have already heard from Marie Antoinette. The Queen's Necklace Various estimates have been made of Mesmer's character and he frequently has been condemned. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing It has been well said that if Mesmer's methods served only to demonstrate the curative power of the imagination, they have been of some benefit to humanity. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Mesmer's partial guess at the great force known to the ancients, 734-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Those nervous conditions associated with the name of Mesmer were nothing new to the Indian magicians. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America This Doctor Mesmer deserves a few words from us, as his name was then in all mouths. The Queen's Necklace It is impossible," says Baron Dupotet, "to conceive the sensation which Mesmer's experiments created in Paris. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing For even if he did not actually meet the latter, Mesmer must have known him by reputation and doubtless was familiar with his methods of healing. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery This agent, partially revealed by the blind guesses of the disciples of Mesmer, is precisely what the Adepts of the middle ages called the elementary matter of the great work. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry He saw a new and important truth, which he set forth in a personal report upon withdrawing from the commission, which showed itself so hostile to Mesmer and his pretensions. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Mesmer only condensed this knowledge into a science, and gave it a name. The Queen's Necklace Mesmer now wrote to Marie Antoinette suggesting that the government furnish him with houses, land, and a princely fortune to enable him to carry on his experiments untroubled. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Similar procedures were characteristic of Mesmer's earlier methods, but were not retained by his successors. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery It is at the bottom of all proselyting and propagandism, from that of Mesmer to that of the Church of Rome and the French Republic. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry If it had not been for Mesmer and his "Animal Magnetism", we would never have had "hypnotism" and all our learned societies for the study of it. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Mesmer was furious, and exhausted himself in complaints and menaces. The Queen's Necklace Whatever may be said of Mesmer, there seems to260 be no doubt about the honesty of his most famous pupil, the Marquis de Puységur, and to him we are indebted for a forward step. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Meanwhile he had become greatly interested in the subject of animal magnetism, having been at one time a pupil of Mesmer, whom he had assisted at the latter's séances. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery In a superior category to Saint-German and Cagliostro was the famous Swabian doctor Mesmer, who has given his name to an important branch of natural science. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Time and scientific progress have largely overthrown Mesmer's theories of the fluid; yet Mesmer had made a discovery that was in the course of a hundred years to develop into an important scientific study. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Therefore they felt more interest just now in M. Mesmer, who was near, than in Washington or Lord Cornwallis, who were so far off. The Queen's Necklace When Mesmer left Paris, the marquis retired to his estate near Soissons, and employed his leisure in magnetizing peasants. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Mesmer did not claim this quality, and yet he performed cures which were as notable as those of any saint or inspired healer of earlier times. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery In about 1780 Mesmer announced his great discovery of "animal magnetism, the principle of life in all organized beings, the soul of all that breathes." Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The Faculty of Medicine investigated Mesmer's claims, but reported unfavorably, and threatened d'Eslon with expulsion from the society unless he gave Mesmer up. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Mesmer's only rival in the public interest was St. Martin, the professor of spiritualism, as Mesmer was of materialism, and who professed to cure souls, as he did bodies. The Queen's Necklace An elm on the village green was chosen, and round this patients gathered on stone benches as around Mesmer's baquet. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Dr. Pierre Janet, in one of his Lowell Institute lectures, in Boston, November 3, 1906, remarked that Before the time of Mesmer the sleep produced by magnetizers was really the cause of numberless cures. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Mesmerism, or the science by which the human mind is influenced by suggestions from itself or another mind, took its name from Friedrich Anton Mesmer, who first made great discoveries about animal magnetism. Stories That Words Tell Us The other was drawn from the Royal Academy of Medicine, and included Laurent de Jussieu, the only man who declared in favor of Mesmer. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use We have endeavored to give an idea in the last chapter of the interest and enthusiasm which drew such crowds of the people to see M. Mesmer perform publicly his wonderful experiments. The Queen's Necklace It was probably from this that Mesmer got his idea of what he called the universal fluid. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Thus probably originated the idea which developed into Animal Magnetism, and from it Anton Mesmer is said to have derived inspiration some two hundred years later. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery He taught his system to Mesmer who made, however, one marked advance upon the technique of his predecessors and gave his name to his methods; he produced his results through physical contacts and passes. Modern Religious Cults and Movements Mesmer, though his pretensions were discredited, was quickly followed by Puysegur, who drew all the world to Buzancy, near Soissons, France. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Baffled in this, she determined to try elsewhere, and having heard much of M. Mesmer, and the wonderful secrets revealed through him, determined upon going there. The Queen's Necklace He returned to Berlin an ardent adherent of Mesmer and introduced magnetism into the hospital treatment. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing But neither these two men nor Mesmer, though much in the society of princes, could have hoped, openly and with the approval of Louis XV. or Louis XVI., to wed a noble lady. Historical Mysteries The medical faculties examined his claims but were not willing to approve them, but this made no difference in Mesmer's popularity. Modern Religious Cults and Movements There is no doubt that Mesmer had returned to Paris for the purpose of making money, and these commissions were promoted in part by persons desirous of driving him out. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use All these revelations had been made by clairvoyants after the magnetic operations of Doctor Mesmer. The Queen's Necklace Unable to attend all the patients who applied to him, he followed Mesmer's plan of magnetizing a tree. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing By his marriages Home far outwent such famous charlatans as Cagliostro, Mesmer, and the mysterious Saint Germain the deathless. Historical Mysteries The Scientific Investigation of Mesmerism in France As has been said, there are two lines of development growing out of Mesmer and his methods. Modern Religious Cults and Movements For a scientific classification of these we are indebted to Professor Charcot, of the Salpetriere hospital in Paris, to whom, next to Mesmer and Braid, we are indebted for the present science of hypnotism. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use "Mademoiselle, I saw you just now at M. Mesmer's, and found you to be all I could wish." The Queen's Necklace Following Mesmer's theories very closely, the contribution he made was in the recognition of the likeness between the magnetized state and that of somnambulism, so that he designated this state "artificial somnambulism." Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing It refused to examine any thing; it even proceeded in legal form against one of its regent doctors who had associated himself, they said, with the charlatanism of Mesmer. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Within modern times these phenomena were first reduced to a system by Mesmer, and, on this account, for the future deserve the attention of the scientific world. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 For instance, the effects of an exciting religious revival are very like those produced by Mesmer's operations in Paris. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use We left Madame de la Motte at M. Mesmer's door, watching the queen's carriage as it drove off. The Queen's Necklace In that year one Dr. Mainandus, who had been a pupil first of Mesmer and later of Deslon, arrived in Bristol and gave public lectures on the subject. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing These barren debates evidently proved that Mesmer himself was not thoroughly sure of his theory, nor of the efficacy of the means of cure that he employed. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men They were looked upon by students with distrust, and by the disciples of Mesmer with scornful contempt. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 Mr. Harmington, a convinced disciple of Mesmer, asks for a subject, and finds one in the hall. Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 "You see, sire, they pretend the queen went to M. Mesmer's." The Queen's Necklace With the death of Mesmer in 1815 ended the first period in the history of the phenomena known as animal magnetism. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing From one end of the kingdom to the other agents of Mesmer were seen, who, with receipt in hand, put the weak in intellect under contribution. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men While experimenting with electricity he read the works of Becquerel, Mesmer, and others who treated largely of the virtues of electricity in the cure of disease. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 Before Mesmer, and even till within the last thirty years, this phenomenon, too, would have been scouted; now it is a commonplace of physiology. Cock Lane and Common-Sense "For," continued the queen, "people said they saw me at M. Mesmer's." The Queen's Necklace In 1774 he communicated his system to Mesmer, the man who, more than any one else, drew the world's attention to the investigation of mental healing. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing We must just mention, however, that his request was not attended to; he was carried to Mesmer's, and died while he was being magnetized. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men While Mesmer's theory of 'magnetism' was denounced by contemporary science, the discovery of the hypnotic sleep was made by his pupil, Puységur. The Making of Religion If we live in a time of witty scepticism, we take to the magnetism of Mesmer. Cock Lane and Common-Sense When you went to M. Mesmer's, my agents saw you. The Queen's Necklace Mesmer claimed that they were performed by his newly discovered magnetism. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Yet Mesmer did not accept this offer, but demanded, as a national recompense, one of the most beautiful châteaux in the environs of Paris, together with all its territorial dependencies. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men We read of M. Deslon, a disciple of Mesmer, about 1783, that he was 'condemned by the Faculty of Medicine, without any examination of the facts.' The Making of Religion The philosophers, you know, and the physiologists, the followers of that coquin, Mesmer, and the bêtes Spiritualists, as they now dub themselves,—these have written, talked, and speculated much about it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Really," said she to herself, "this is an agreeable adventure; it is very gallant of M. Mesmer. The Queen's Necklace The crowd was so great that Mesmer employed a valet toucheur to magnetize in his place. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Irritated at finding his claims repulsed, Mesmer quitted France, angrily vowing her to the deluge of maladies from which it would have been in his power to save her. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men It were superfluous to tell again the familiar story of Mesmer's performances at Paris. The Making of Religion They had hardly commenced, before Mesmer, alarmed at the loss both of fame and profit, determined to return to Paris. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "A charming person, highly nervous, and much taken by the system of M. Mesmer." The Queen's Necklace While Mesmer and his followers emphasized non-religious mental healing, it should not be thought that mental therapeutics was ever entirely separated from the church. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing However this may be, the austerity of Mesmer did not prevent his being most violently angry when he learnt at Spa that Deslon continued the magnetical treatments at Paris. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The subject was in the air, and had already won the attention of Mesmer, about whom Kant had information. The Making of Religion Mesmer readily embraced the proposal; and such was the infatuation, that the subscription was not only filled in a few days, but exceeded by no less a sum than one hundred and forty thousand francs. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "Madame," said the queen, "have the goodness to tell the king exactly what passed the other day at M. Mesmer's." The Queen's Necklace The existence of such a force, and its potentiality for the cure of disease, were asserted by Mesmer in 1775. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O Mesmer quitted France a second time about the end of 1781, in quest of a more enlightened government, who could appreciate superior minds. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Mesmer divined him, and ten years ago physicians accurately discovered the nature of his power, even before He exercised it himself. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant The Marquis de Puysegur, the owner of a considerable estate at Busancy, was one of those who had entered into the subscription for Mesmer. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Sire," said she, "I went to see M. Mesmer from curiosity, like the rest of the world. The Queen's Necklace To his intensely shrewd and practical mind there was something repellent in the waste of energy involved in a discussion upon the Early Church or the twenty-seven principles of Mesmer. Round the Red Lamp According to Mesmer and his partisans, the cause of the crisis and of the less characteristic effects, resided in a particular fluid. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men This confession of faith was the more remarkable, because the members of the commission of inquiry had been carefully selected, on purpose, from physicians who were totally adverse to the doctrines of Mesmer. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 Mesmer at once acknowledged the efficacy of his cures, and declared that they were the obvious result of his own newly-discovered power of magnetism. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Did they not see me at the ball at the Opera, at Mesmer's, scandalizing the crowd? The Queen's Necklace There is a Professor Huber here, whom you may perhaps remember better than I do; he says that the last time he either saw or heard me was at Vienna, at Herr von Mesmer's, junior. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Vespasian, in his turn, might have figured among the predecessors of Mesmer, in consequence of the extraordinary cures that he effected in Egypt by the action of his foot. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men She had come from a distant city to seek a cure at the hands of the famous physician and pupil of Mesmer. Napoleon and Blucher A few of the Father's patients were forthwith subjected to the manipulations of Mesmer, and the same symptoms were induced. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Mesmer arose, and, approaching Therese, made a few passes above her head. Joseph II. and His Court The young Chevalier Goby de Mouchy was glad enough to serve as my clerk, and help in some chemical experiments in which I was engaged with my friend Dr. Mesmer. Roundabout Papers It was requisite, then, to be prepared for some instance of want of success, and Mesmer took good care not to neglect it. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men But this was not because Franklin went through the process described by Bacon, and the dupes of Mesmer through a different process. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 This report was the ruin of Mesmer's reputation in France. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Barth and his accomplices were triumphant; and Mesmer, disgusted with his countrymen, left Vienna, and made his home in Paris. Joseph II. and His Court Doctor Templeton had been a traveller in his younger days, and at Paris had become a convert, in great measure, to the doctrines of Mesmer. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 So soon as this was admitted, as soon it was allowed to explain instances of non-success by the presence of neutralizing bodies, Mesmer no longer ran any risk of being embarrassed. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Mesmer had not yet appeared, to give a fresh start to the old savage practice of hypnotism; Cagliostro was not yet on the scene with his free-masonry of the ancient Egyptian school. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life The consequences of this pretended cure taught Mesmer that Vienna was not the sphere for him. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 In all assemblies, coffee-houses, and restaurants, in the streets and on the public places, the topic of conversation had been the wonderful cures of the Suabian physician, Mesmer. Joseph II. and His Court The Young Chevalier Goby de Mouchy was glad enough to serve as my clerk, and help in some chemical experiments in which I was engaged with my friend Dr. Mesmer. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Before quitting Vienna, Mesmer had communicated his systematic notions to the principal learned societies of Europe. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men In another, he goes in a few words to the heart of magnetic mysteries and deprives Mesmer of the honors of a first knowledge of them. Seraphita Mesmer, who knew as well as any man living the influence of the imagination, determined that, on that score, nothing should be wanting to heighten the effect of the magnetic charm. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 No wonder that the populace, so prone to believe the marvellous, had faith in Mesmer, and reverenced him as a saint. Joseph II. and His Court "Then do you believe in Mesmer's nonsense, and his tub, and seeing through walls?" The Commission in Lunacy The Academy of Berlin examined the work, and wrote to Mesmer that he was in error. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men If I do not deceive myself, my labors will complete the task begun by Mesmer, Lavater, Gall, and Bichat, and open up new paths in science. The Magic Skin He had heard Mesmer say that he could magnetise bits of wood — why should he not be able to magnetise a whole tree? Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "Since Professor Barth is convinced, no one will dare dispute the fact," observed Mesmer, loud enough to be overheard by the professor. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer may pocket his hard money, and withdraw. The French Revolution Some time after his arrival in Paris, Mesmer tried again to get into communication with the Academy of Sciences. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men After re-discovering magnetism Mesmer came to France, where, from time immemorial, inventors have flocked to obtain recognition for their discoveries. Ursula Ladies in search of emotions — the hysteric, the idle, the puling, and the ultra-sentimental crowded to his saloons, as ladies similarly predisposed had crowded to Mesmer's sixty years before. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "Come, my child, and we will try if your eyes can bear the full light of day," replied Mesmer, fondly, and taking her arm he led her toward the window. Joseph II. and His Court That trunk probably contains secrets which Dr. Mesmer told my master. Lair of the White Worm Mesmer stated—I quote his words—that it was child's play; and the conference had no other result. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Towards the end of the eighteenth century science was sundered as widely by the apparition of Mesmer as art had been by that of Gluck. Ursula Most important of all for a second Mesmer, he found a second D'Eslon. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Gracious Heaven!" exclaimed she, clinging anxiously to Mesmer, "see how the windows come toward us! Joseph II. and His Court The term he used was odd, for it was ‘bequeathed,’ but no such bequest of Mesmer was ever made known. Lair of the White Worm You deny," exclaims the attorney-general, "you deny, gentlemen commissioners, the existence of the fluid which Mesmer has made to act such an important part! Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Before judgment was rendered, the medical faculty proscribed, in a body, Mesmer's so-called charlatanism, his tub, his conducting wires, and his theory. Ursula Mesmer had often pretended in his day that he could impart the magnetic power to pieces of metal or wood, strings of silk or cord, &c. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 I humored the jest to see how far the impudence of Mesmer and the credulity of his admirers would travel together. Joseph II. and His Court Caswall resumed his habit of watching the great kite straining at its cord, varying his vigils in this way by a further examination of the mysterious treasures of his house, especially Mesmer’s chest. Lair of the White Worm Bailly's report destroyed root and branch the ideas, the systems, the practices of Mesmer and of his adepts. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Magnetism has many applications; in Mesmer's hands it was, in its relation to the future, merely what cause is to effect. Ursula I continue to make use of the happy power for which I am indebted to M. Mesmer. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 I think," said Barth, smiling, as he saw the victim writhe, "that I have given him a receipt for his daughter's eyes that will be more potent than Mesmer's passes. Joseph II. and His Court The author goes into the question of the close association of the then Edgar Caswall with Mesmer in Paris. Lair of the White Worm Mesmer was formally invited to appear before this body, but absented himself from day to day, upon one pretence or another. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The phenomena of somnambulism, hardly perceived by Mesmer, were revealed by du Puysegur and Deleuze; but the Revolution put a stop to their discoveries and played into the hands of the scientists and scoffers. Ursula Mesmer took offence at being thus treated, considering himself a far greater personage than Father Hell. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Barth frowned angrily; Von Paradies grew paler and trembled like a coward as he was; while Mesmer, who leaned against a pillar, fixed his eyes upon Therese with a glance of supreme happiness. Joseph II. and His Court One day he made a discovery in Mesmer’s chest which he thought he would utilise with regard to the runners. Lair of the White Worm M. D'Eslon was more honest, because he thoroughly believed in the phenomena, which it is to be questioned if Mesmer ever did, and regularly attended the sittings and performed experiments. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Perhaps I shall owe to your curiosity the happiness of taking you once more by the hand—as in the days before Mesmer. Ursula The latter part of the proposition was not agreeable to Mesmer. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 I see in the window the blue flower-pot which Mesmer brought me yesterday—there opposite stands my harpsichord, and its black and white keys are beckoning me to come and caress them. Joseph II. and His Court By the advice of M. D'Eslon, Mesmer challenged an examination of his doctrine by the Faculty of Medicine. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "Oh, you speak my very thoughts, dear Therese," said Mesmer, tenderly. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer made no use of decoction or electuary—he prescribed neither baths nor cataplasms; he cured his patients by the power of his hand and the glance of his large, dark eye. Joseph II. and His Court In the year 1774, he communicated his system to Anthony Mesmer. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 All this is so natural," said Mesmer sadly, "for the seat of your infirmity lay in the nerves. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer, too, was an apostle—the apostle of a new faith. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer raised his hands and passed them before her forehead. Joseph II. and His Court By order of Mesmer, the room had been darkened, and heavy green curtains hung before every window. Joseph II. and His Court It has been the fashion among the enemies of the new delusion to decry Mesmer as an unprincipled adventurer, while his disciples have extolled him to the skies as a regenerator of the human race. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "Mesmer, my friend, my physician," whispered she, softly. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer raised his hand and stretching it out toward her, she moved. Joseph II. and His Court "If planets are to be brought down by a wave of the hand," said Hell, "I will break all my telescopes, and offer my services to Mesmer as an amanuensis." Joseph II. and His Court "I will show you the figure of a man who threatens," said Mesmer, assuming an angry air, clinching his fists, and advancing a few paces. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer, nothing daunted, continued to promulgate his views, till he stumbled at last upon the animal theory. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Mesmer bent over her, and began his manipulations. Joseph II. and His Court I felt it yesterday, when, for a moment, Mesmer removed the bandage from my eyes. Joseph II. and His Court No!" cried Mesmer, with energy, "the work is begun, it must be completed. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer held her back as she raised her hands to her head. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer did not long find his residence at Vienna as agreeable as he wished. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Without seeming to observe the spectators who now thronged the room, Mesmer advanced to the table where lay the box. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer played on, and now his music seemed an entreaty to some invisible spirit to appear and reveal itself to mortal eyes. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer's fame had reached the court, and the empress herself became interested in his extraordinary achievements. Joseph II. and His Court It frequently happened that not only women, but men also, fainted, when Mesmer played on the glass-harmonicon. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer was the rage; and high and low, rich and poor, credulous and unbelieving, all hastened to convince themselves of the power of this mighty magician, who made such magnificent promises. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 But no one felt disposed to move to assist them, for all were absorbed by the spell, and each one gazed in speechless expectation upon Mesmer and Therese. Joseph II. and His Court While she drew off her gloves, she looked back at Mesmer, who returned the glance with one of affectionate pride. Joseph II. and His Court Doctor Mesmer affirms that my daughter's vision has been restored. Joseph II. and His Court As regards this book, it was handed to me just now by Baron von Horka, one of Mesmer's most devoted adherents. Joseph II. and His Court In all Paris, there was not a house so charmingly furnished as Monsieur Mesmer's. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Those, on the contrary, who had faith in the mysteries of religion, were disciples of Mesmer; and they reverenced him as a prophet sent from heaven, to prove the supremacy of nature over knowledge. Joseph II. and His Court Therese, meanwhile, was growing embarrassed; and, looking to Mesmer for encouragement she lost sight of every thing under the influence of his eyes. Joseph II. and His Court The audience whispered, but Mesmer at that moment, turning away from Therese, she sighed, and, recovering her self-possession, took the paper and placed it before the harpsichord. Joseph II. and His Court The door opened, and Mesmer's tall and commanding figure advanced toward the group. Joseph II. and His Court It is impossible," says M. Dupotet, "to conceive the sensation which Mesmer's experiments created in Paris. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 A triumphant smile beamed over Mesmer's face, and he raised his hand again. Joseph II. and His Court "She goes with me," thundered Mesmer with eyes that flashed lightning, like those of Olympian Zeus. Joseph II. and His Court With these words, he raised his muscular right arm, and swinging off Von Paradies as if he had been a child, Mesmer passed the opening and stood outside. Joseph II. and His Court Those who did not, doubted upon the respectable testimony of Professor Barth, Doctor Ingenhaus, and the entire faculty, who, one and all, protested against the shameful imposition which Mesmer was practising upon an enlightened public. Joseph II. and His Court Mesmer now wrote to Marie Antoinette, with the view of securing her influence in obtaining for him the protection of government. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "Yes, it is I," replied Mesmer, in a rich, melodious voice. Joseph II. and His Court It shall be described in Mesmer's own words. Joseph II. and His Court |
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