Somnolism and psycheism; or, the science of the soul and the phenomena of nervation, as revealed by vital magnetism ormesmerism.
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In other words he has a previous knowledge ofmesmerismacquired independently from the servant girl.
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The construction of a house marked the end of her six-year confinement to the sickbed and her miraculous cure bymesmerism.
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By the 1880s, 'mesmerism' started to be applied scientifically.
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Other doctors supporting the use ofmesmerismin surgery also ran into stiff opposition.
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At the time, ether and chloroform were being tried as anaesthetics, so the proponents ofmesmerismmay have faced some jealous rivals.
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The second chapter, on "music,mesmerism, and mental science," may be the most fascinating and seems to me to make the most original contribution.
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It was known for its fierce attacks on homeopathy, hydropathy,mesmerism, and other approaches considered "sectarian" and unreliable by the "regular" (allopathic) medical establishment.
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It was precisely this rapport, however, that many distrusted: the charge of immorality generally associated withmesmerismwas intensified by the physical nature of this treatment.
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In its broadest sense the term 'mesmerism' referred to a spectrum of phenomena, all apparently derived from the supposed vital force or influence.
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Hérold's ballet-pantomime and its attendant vaudevilles encapsulated some of the ideas circulating in 1827 regarding immorality,mesmerismand the ambiguous relationship between the unconscious and the supernatural.
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The support of osteopathy is as a mere drop in the bucket compared with that whichmesmerismreceived in that day.
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Butmesmerismhas comedown to these times, and it has always had its successes.
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He also has the powers ofmesmerism, thought-casting, illusion-casting, and astral projection.
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He is a psychiatrist and explorer as well as a minor telepath and magician, specializing mostly in hypnosis and other feats ofmesmerism.
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