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DictionarySeeFranz Anton MesmerMesmer, Franz Anton
An Austrian physician (1734-1815) who lived in France and developed the pseudoscientific doctrine of animal magnetism, a form of hypnosis. Mesmer’s theories and methods were discredited by the medical practitioners of his time.Mesmer, Franz Anton, Austrian physician, 1733-1815. mesmeric crisis - reaction technique. Synonym(s): grand crisis; magnetic crisismesmerism - the use of hypnotism as practiced by Mesmer. |