Mesmerism: The Discovery of Animal Magnetism: English Translation of Mesmer's Historic Mémoire Sur La Découverte Du Magnétisme Animal - Paperback
Mesmerism: The Discovery of Animal Magnetism: English Translation of Mesmer's Historic Mémoire Sur La Découverte Du Magnétisme Animal - Paperback
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by V. R. Myers (Translator), G. F. Frankau (Introduction by), Franz Anton Mesmer (Author)
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.
