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Franz Anton Mesmer and the Rise and Fall of Animal Magnetism: Dramatic Cures, Controversy, and Ultimately a Triumph for the Scientific Method

Lanska, Douglas J., Lanska, Joseph T.·2007·Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience
DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-70967-3_22
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Metadata

Authors
Lanska, D. J., & Lanska, J. T.
ORCID
Lanska, Douglas J.
Venue
Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer US
Published
2007
Pages
301-320
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-70967-3_22
OpenAlex
W2277329053
Cited by
55
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
5.63
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medical History and Innovations
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurology and Historical Studies
Keywords
Franz Anton Mesmer, mesmerism, history of medicine, 18th-century medicine, medical controversy, scientific method, hysteria, medical societies, history of psychiatry

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Lanska, D. J., & Lanska, J. T. (2007). Franz Anton Mesmer and the Rise and Fall of Animal Magnetism: Dramatic Cures, Controversy, and Ultimately a Triumph for the Scientific Method. Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70967-3_22

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