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What (who) is Mesmerism - definition


Mesmerism         
  • George Mèliés]], 1905
  • Advertisement poster of 1857:<br/>''Instant sleep. Miscellaneous effects of paralysis, partial and complete catalepsy, partial or complete attraction. Phreno-magnetic effects (...) Musical ectasy (...) Insensitivity to physical pain and instant awakening (...) transfusion of magnetic power to others''
  • ''Baquet''. Interior view: Drawing room scene with many people sitting and standing around a large table; a man on a crutch has an iron band wrapped around his ankle; others in the group are holding bands similarly; to the left, a man has magnetised a woman. (1780)
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PURPORTED FORCE IN LIVING THINGS
Mesmerism; Animal Magnetism; Animal attraction; Mesmerist; Mesmerizer; Magnétisme animal; Imagination, influence of, on the corporeal frame; Imagination, Influence of, on the corporeal Frame; Spread of mesmerism in America; Magnetizer; Pathetism
·noun The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. ·see Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.
mesmerism         
  • George Mèliés]], 1905
  • Advertisement poster of 1857:<br/>''Instant sleep. Miscellaneous effects of paralysis, partial and complete catalepsy, partial or complete attraction. Phreno-magnetic effects (...) Musical ectasy (...) Insensitivity to physical pain and instant awakening (...) transfusion of magnetic power to others''
  • ''Baquet''. Interior view: Drawing room scene with many people sitting and standing around a large table; a man on a crutch has an iron band wrapped around his ankle; others in the group are holding bands similarly; to the left, a man has magnetised a woman. (1780)
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PURPORTED FORCE IN LIVING THINGS
Mesmerism; Animal Magnetism; Animal attraction; Mesmerist; Mesmerizer; Magnétisme animal; Imagination, influence of, on the corporeal frame; Imagination, Influence of, on the corporeal Frame; Spread of mesmerism in America; Magnetizer; Pathetism
n.
Animal magnetism.
mesmerism         
  • George Mèliés]], 1905
  • Advertisement poster of 1857:<br/>''Instant sleep. Miscellaneous effects of paralysis, partial and complete catalepsy, partial or complete attraction. Phreno-magnetic effects (...) Musical ectasy (...) Insensitivity to physical pain and instant awakening (...) transfusion of magnetic power to others''
  • ''Baquet''. Interior view: Drawing room scene with many people sitting and standing around a large table; a man on a crutch has an iron band wrapped around his ankle; others in the group are holding bands similarly; to the left, a man has magnetised a woman. (1780)
  • 19x19px
PURPORTED FORCE IN LIVING THINGS
Mesmerism; Animal Magnetism; Animal attraction; Mesmerist; Mesmerizer; Magnétisme animal; Imagination, influence of, on the corporeal frame; Imagination, Influence of, on the corporeal Frame; Spread of mesmerism in America; Magnetizer; Pathetism
¦ noun historical a therapeutic technique involving hypnotism.
Derivatives
mesmerist noun
Origin
C18: named after the Austrian physician Franz A. Mesmer.