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International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2002
This introductory article provides a brief outline of Mesmer's life and the main influences on his work. His theory, that a gravitational influence from sun and moon affected not only the tides but periodicity in physiological functioning, led him to investigate the use of magnets, which also operated at a distance and which might channel this ...
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The First Use of Self-Hypnosis: Mesmer Mesmerizes Mesmer

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1994
Self-hypnosis is an important modern therapeutic method. This article traces its initial use in either 1778 or 1779 by Franz Anton Mesmer, the founder of animal magnetism, which, in turn, led to the present modality of hypnosis. According to a contemporary account written by a colleague, Mesmer successfully treated himself for a condition described as ...
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[Mesmer and mesmerism].

Medicina nei secoli, 1995
The arrival of a Viennese doctor in Paris during the second half of the XVIII century aroused a morbid excitement: Mesmeromania, which derived from the name of its protagonist Mesmer. Initially, with the aim of healing mental illnesses, Mesmer tried to use the magnet's power in order to restore the harmonious circulation of the fluid which he believed ...
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Hypnosis before Mesmer

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1975
Abstract Books on hypnosis and the history of psychology contain very little detailed information on the use of hypnosis before Mesmer. This leads the reader to conclude that hypnosis was not widely used before the 18th century and that hypnotic techniques have been developed only over the past 200 years.
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