Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 894.5

FRANCE. COMMISSAIRES CHARGéS PAR LE ROI DE L’EXAMEN DU MAGNéTISME ANIMAL Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and other commissioners charged by the King of France with the examination of the animal magnetism as now practised at Paris. Printed for J. Johnson, (No. 72) St. Paul’s Churchyard 1785 xx, 108 p. 22 cm.

In the 18th century Franz Mesmer used the term animal magnetism to describe what he believed to be the invisible natural force exerted by animals. King Louis XVI of France appointed a commission to study this phenomena in 1784. This group included Benjamin Franklin. This work is the English translation of their findings.

Cited references: Morton, 4992.2; Wellcome II, p. 8

John Martin, M.D. Endowment