Definition of Franz Anton Mesmer

1. Noun. Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815).

Exact synonyms: Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Mesmer
Generic synonyms: Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician
Derivative terms: Mesmerise, Mesmerize

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Literary usage of Franz Anton Mesmer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Friedrich (or Franz) Anton Mesmer was born at Weih, near the point at which the Rhine leaves the Lake of Constance, on May 23, 1733. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Friedrich (or Franz) Anton Mesmer (b. at Iznang. llm. nw of Constance, May 23, 1733; graduate 1 at Vienna in medicine, taking for his thesis, ..."

3. Spiritual Magazine (1867)
"Three years later appeared Kerner's last literary production, one of his most charmingly written works, Franz Anton Mesmer, the Discoverer of Animal ..."

4. Proceedings: Comptes-rendus (1897)
"Einschränkung des von Franz Anton Mesmer am Ausgange des vorigen Jahrhunderts zuerst in Wien als ..."

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