And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: March 5th, 1815, 202 years ago today … the day German-born Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer died at the age of 80. Mesmer believed he could harness a force he ...

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It was common knowledge in early Victorian England that ether vapors and nitrous oxide dulled pain–for decades both chemicals figured in comical stage acts in which people under their influence ...

Franz Mesmer and the charismatic healing power of suggestibility. Francine Stock attempts to pin down the alluring yet elusive quality of charisma. The 18th century medical doctor, Franz Mesmer, was a ...

Bekannt wird Franz Anton Mesmer für seine Theorie vom "Animalischen Magnetismus". Hierbei werden die Selbstheilungskräfte des Körpers durch einen Magnetiseur aktiviert. Der Magnetiseur ist Mesmer ...

Last week, in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, an audience that had come to watch a demonstration of hypnosis got more than it bargained for. The star attraction, Franz Polgar, was illustrating his powers ...