Mesmerism: The Discovery of Animal Magnetism: English Translation of Mesmer’s historic Mmoire sur la dcouverte du Magntisme Animal – Paperback-Fast Shipping

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by
Franz Anton Mesmer (Author),
V. R. Myers (Translator),
G. F. Frankau (Introduction by)

In 1779, Franz Anton Mesmer wrote an 88-page book, Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal, to which he appended his famous 27 Propositions. While undertaking research, G.F. Frankau obtained, on loan from a private library, an original edition of Mesmer’s Mémoire sur la découverte de Magnétism Animal. Realising its medico-historical importance and tempted by a layman’s vanity to undertake the translation himself, he eventually decided that the task could only be accomplished by an expert; He secured the services of Captain V. R. Myers of the Berlitz School of Languages. Myer’s rendering of the eighteenth-century French is highly praiseworthy. The adjective “mesmeric”, the substantive “mesmerism”, and the verb to “mesmerise” have not changed their meanings since they first became current–posterity’s unique tribute to a unique man.

Number of Pages: 72Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 INPublication Date: November 30, 2016