
Mesmerism
The Discovery of Animal Magnetism: English Translation of Mesmer's historic Memoire sur la decouverte du Magnetisme Animal
Franz Anton Mesmer(Author)
Soul Care Publishing
Published on 30. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-927077-31-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
120 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-927077-31-3 (9781927077313)
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