What is Mesmerism? A Basic Definition

Mesmerism \Mes"mer*ism\, n. [From Mesmer, who first brought
         it
   into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F.
         mesm['e]risme.]
   An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism,
         the art of
   inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state
         of the nervous
   system, in which the actor claims to
         control the actions, and
   communicate directly with the
         mind, of the recipient. It is
   believed to be a state
         between sleep and wakefulness, in
   which a person is more
         susceptible to suggestion than when
   awake. See {Animal
         magnetism}, under Magnetism.
   [1913
         Webster]

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Tue Dec 16

• Mesmerists, Monsters, and Machines ... - Google Book Search

Fri Oct 17

• James Braid (physician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tue Aug 5

• July 20, 1841 mesmerism: comments about rate of delivery of paper and lack of named endorsers
• January 7, 1839 mesmerism Elliotson resignation: mesmerism as humbug - ceased to be a physician when he became a mesmerist
• 1836 homeopathy: not saved - inquest Malibran

Sat May 31

• Mind Over Matter - The New York Review of Books

Mon Apr 21

• Attraction Secrets

Sun Mar 30

• Profiling Service @Digital Outback Photo: custom printer profiles
• Click opera - Mesmerism

Thu Mar 13

• FT.com / Books / Essays - The age of seance: Financial Times literary review of recent books dealing with nineteenth century Spiritualism

Thu Sep 27

• Animal magnetism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun Aug 12

• Effective Communication at Work: When You Aren't Supposed to Say: Part II; protecting confidential information,et hics,workplace politics

Wed Aug 8

• Mind Hacks: LSD, hypnosis and the Catholic Church

Wed Jun 13

• Charles Mackay, from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Tue Jun 12

• 10 Mind-Boggling Psychiatric Treatments.: Did you know that Malaria was used as a 'cure 9; for Syphilis before the discovery of penicillin? The patient was allowed to endure a Malaria-induce d fever which killed off the bacteria, then a cure for Malaria was administered.

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