Mesmer scene in tribute to Franz Anton Mesmer, founder of magnetism.

Mesmer scene in tribute to Franz Anton Mesmer, founder of magnetism.
Franz Anton Mesmer, a German physician, who went down in history as the discoverer of the so-called animal magnetism.The modern era of hypnosis and hypnotherapy really begins with Franz Anton Mesmer. Franz Anton Mesmer’s believed that all living beings had magnetic fields running through them which could be manipulated. Mesmer developed a healing technique called mesmerism that is the historical antecedent of hypnosis.