{UAH} Mersmerism

Gwokto/Moses Nekyon,

Did you know the origin of the word "Mersmerise"? I use it a lot, but only discovered its origin today morning on a programme on the BBC, that it is named after some doctor in the 19th Century who applied quack para-normal methods to treat serious illnesses. I was left amazed.

Bobby

BBC World Service - Discovery - Next on

www.bbc.co.uk › Factual › Science & Nature

Mesmerism and Parapsychology. The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism. BBC World Service except East and Southern

Mesmerism in 19th-century England - BBC Radio 3 - 24 October 1973 ...

genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/736abd30e04c43bcac0e03671b3c2282

Mesmerism as a healing method based on a quasi-scientific theory began with Anton Mes mer, a Viennese doctor who spent his later life, until his death in 1815, ...

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