Picture No | 10000961 |
Date | circa 1785 |
Description | Mesmer conducting a baquet in Paris |
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Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 - 1815), German physician and hypnotist, treating patients in a group, in a session which he called a baquet (named after the large vessel in the middle of the room), at a fashionable salon in Paris.
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Source | Engraving in Sciences Mises a la Portee de Tous: Physique et Chimie Populaires, by Alexis Clerc, vol 2, page 265 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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