‎MESMER (F.A.)‎
‎Précis historique des faits relatifs au magnétisme animal jusques en Avril 1781 -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎Londes, 1781, un volume in 8 BROCHE, COUVERTURE MUETTE DE L'EPOQUE (légèrement défraîchie), (5), 229pp.‎

Reference : 8094

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- EXEMPLAIRE NON ROGNE BROCHE DANS SA COUVERTURE MUETTE DE L'EPOQUE ---- EN FRANCAIS DANS LE TEXTE N° 171 : "Les écrits de MESMER sur le magnétisme animal permettent "de prendre la mesure d'une pratique révolutionnaire dont les prolongements aux siècles suivants furent essentiels. Du somnambulisme provoqué à l'hypnose et à la psychanalyse, l'expérience contemporaine de la psychiatrie dynamique, la découverte de l'inconscient et la guérison par l'esprit trouvent leur origine dans l'audace autoritaire et maladroite des intuitions du précurseur Mesmer" ---- Norman N° M14 : "This documentary history of mesmerism appears to have been edited by Eslon from an outline in German prepared by Mesmer, which was afterwards destroyed. Among the documents reproduced here are official correspondence between Mesmer, the Académie des Sciences and the Société Royale de Médecine ; records of negotiations between Mesmer and the French government regarding the proposed establishment of a mesmerist clinic ; Mesmer's letter of refusal to Queen Marie Antoinette, etc. The work "set the tone of injured innocence and opposition to the scientific establishment that was to characterize mesmerist writing" (Darnton Mesmerism p. 50) ---- "Mesmer promoted his system of treatment, based on this confused doctrine of a universal magnetic fluid influencing tides and men alike, with books and great personal showmanship. His treatment became such a popular health care sensation in France that it was as much a social movement as a medical practice. The Ancien régime considered the leaders of the animal magnetism movement to be politically dangerous. The attention Mesmer directed toward hypnosis and suggestion in psychiatry led eventually to its scientific investigation by Braid and others. It also led to the more scientific development of suggestion in treatment, which has been termed after him "mesmerism". Following an enquiry instituted by Louis XVI, Mesmer's carrer came to an abrupt end". (cf. Garrison N° 4992.1) ---- Crabtree N° 17 - Hunter & Macalpine pp. 480/482 - DSB IX pp. 325/328 - Postel & Quetel pp. 677/678 - Zilboorg pp. 342/357 - Ellenberger**8094/ARM5‎