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Franz Anton Mesmer

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Noun1.Franz Anton Mesmer - Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)Franz Anton Mesmer - Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)


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However, it was a man named Franz Anton Mesmer who popularized the said practice.
Placebo 2008 is a photograph by Aurelie Petrel of people including Warnell gathered around a baquet, in Lyon, a device used apparently in the late 18th century by Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer to measure animal magnetism.
The same techniques practiced by ancient Egyptians 2,000 years ago and "discovered" by Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer in the late 1700s are now scoring impressive results in medical experiments across the United States, Europe, and beyond.
 
 
 
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