Mesmer: events
1770 – 1779 |
Mesmer develops mechanical “magnetic fluid” pushing technique |
1766 |
Mesmer writes his dissertation, “On the Influence of the Planets on the Human Body.” |
1774 |
Mesmer witnesses major placebo drama while treating a woman with magnets borrowed from Hell. |
1774 |
Mesmer produces first “artifical tide” in Francisca Österlin. Credits the cure to fluid transfer from himself, not the magnets. |
1774 |
Mesmer claims to feel an attraction and repulsion phenomenon around the body similar to that felt when handling magnets. |
1780 |
Mesmer develops purely mechanical “bacquet” therapy |
1784 |
Committee says fluid is fake and, while cure is real, it is self-powered. |
1785 |
Academy of Sciences concludes that animal magnetism devoid of any medical or scientific value. |
1839 |
Electricity finally explained with Faraday’s discovery of electric charge, unifying static-, current-, and bio-electricity |
1842 |
Academy of Sciences gives up on Mesmerism |