German physician Franz Mesmer's (1734-1815) 'animal magnetism' theory is considered foundational in the development of?
Franz Mesmer Franz Mesmer Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German doctor with an interest in astronomy who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called animal magnetism, sometimes later referred to as "mesmerism". The theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the century. In 1843 the Scottish doctor James Braid proposed the term hypnosis for a technique derived from animal magnetism; today this is the usual meaning of
Franz Mesmer have many followers until his death. Mesmer continued to practice in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, for a number of years and died in 1815 in Meersburg, Germany. Abbé Faria, an Indo-Portuguese monk in Paris and a contemporary of Mesmer, claimed that "nothing comes from the magnetizer; everything comes from the subject and takes place in his imagination, i.e. autosuggestion generated from within the mind." Franz Mesmer Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German doctor with an interest in astronomy who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated