单词 | phreno-magnetism |
释义 | phreno-magnetismn. Now historical. The supposed stimulation of the phrenological organs by magnetism or mesmerism. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > application to the brain mesmero-phrenology1842 phreno-magnetism1842 phreno-mesmerism1843 1842 Pennsylvanian (Philadelphia) 20 May 2/2 The matter of ‘Phreno-Magnetism’, as it is called, will..be a leading theme in the columns of ‘The Magnet’. 1843 J. C. Colquhoun (title) The fallacy of phreno-magnetism detected and exposed. 1854 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1870) v. 99 The simple physiological phænomena known as spirit-rapping, table-turning, phreno-magnetism. 1910 Daily Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) 18 June 3/5 Phreno-magnetism is a phenomenon which can be tested readily by anyone interested. 1981 Isis 72 256 He [Charles Caldwell] blended phrenology with another pseudoscience, animal magnetism, to form phreno-magnetism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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