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Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.

A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.

A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.

A practictioner of Mesmerism using Animal Magnetism

A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a woman who responds with convulsions. Wood engraving, 1845.

A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.

A large gathering of patients and assistants to Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy, showing use of the special tub at his clinic. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat.

A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a seated female patient. Wood engraving, ca. 1845.

Franz Anton Mesmer : his life and teaching / by R.B. Ince.

Esquisse de la nature humaine expliquée par le magnétisme animal ; précédée d'un aperçu du système général de l'univers, et conténant l'explication du somnambulisme magnétique, et de tous les phénomènes du magnétisme animal ... / [Anon].

Le Mesmerisme Confondu.

Report of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the London Mesmeric Infirmary : 1855.

Le magnetisme.

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Franz Anton Mesmer : his life and teaching / by R.B. Ince.

Esquisse de la nature humaine expliquée par le magnétisme animal ; précédée d'un aperçu du système général de l'univers, et conténant l'explication du somnambulisme magnétique, et de tous les phénomènes du magnétisme animal ... / [Anon].

Le Mesmerisme Confondu.

Report of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the London Mesmeric Infirmary : 1855.

Le magnetisme.