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Mesmer's tub, c1870.

Mesmer's tub, c1870. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism, opened a consulting room in Paris. The tub was a vat of dilute sulphuric acid and patients at therapy sessions sat around it either holding hands, or holding one of the iron bars projecting from it. From Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, c1870).

Unique Identifier AR922231

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2811px × 3730px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Anton Franz Mesmer

Black and white

eighteenth century

NINETEENTH CENTURY

Oxford Science Archive

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