- The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state
of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the
actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See
Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.
Mesmerism Mesmerism is ann early name for hypnosis, named after the eighteenth century exponent, the Austrian physician Franz Mesmer (who called it animal magnetism).
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