Mesmer's tub at his consulting room in parish

Mesmer's tub at his consulting room in parish which opened soon after his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal in 1779. Tub was a vat of dilute sulphuric acid and patients at therapy sessions sat around it either holding hands, or holding one of the iron bars projecting from it. Illustration published Paris circa 1870

1779 Acid Consulting Decouverte Dilute Either Hypnosis Magnetism Memoire Mesmers Patients Projecting Sessions Sulphuric Therapy Treatise

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