[Magnetism] MESMER, Friedrich Anton. Mémoire sur la Découverte du Magnétisme Animal.Genève, et Paris, P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1779.
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8vo piccolo, mm. 180x110; contemporary card binding; pp. 2 nn., [i-iii] iv-vi, [1] 2-85, 3 blank.
VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE MANIFESTO OF MESMERISM. First printing.
This is the first systematic exposition of the theories of Mesmer: contains statements of Mesmer's experiences in Vienna, foretells the arrival in Paris, and exposes the famous 27 propositions known as the "Aphorisms". 100 Books Famous in Medicine:
“In 1779 Mesmer published his Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal, his manifesto on the subject of animal magnetism, containing twenty-seven propositions that supposedly accounted for the cures he effected, as well as case histories of some of the patients he had treated successfully in Vienna. Another version of the work in duodecimo format, with different pagination, possibly a piracy, was also published in 1779.” P.M.M.: “He maintained that a magnetic fluid pervades the universe, exists in every living being, and affects the nervous system... he found that there was a healing magnetic power in his own hands and that he could obtain results in treating nervous disorders without a magnet, a faculty he called animal magnetism... Mesmer himself was undoubtedly sincere, despite his theatrics; but he never realized the implications of his discovery and methods. Suggestibility on the part of the patient can, without question, be the key to his recovery; and having found this out Mesmer became, unwittingly, a pioneer of psychotherapy”.
PMM 225; Grolier 47; Norman M4; Heirs of Hippocrates 1013; Haskell F. Norman, 100 Books Famous in Medicine; Caillet, n.7435; Dorbon, n. 3058.
Slight sign of humidity in the last part, fine specimen.
VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE MANIFESTO OF MESMERISM. First printing.
This is the first systematic exposition of the theories of Mesmer: contains statements of Mesmer's experiences in Vienna, foretells the arrival in Paris, and exposes the famous 27 propositions known as the "Aphorisms". 100 Books Famous in Medicine:
“In 1779 Mesmer published his Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal, his manifesto on the subject of animal magnetism, containing twenty-seven propositions that supposedly accounted for the cures he effected, as well as case histories of some of the patients he had treated successfully in Vienna. Another version of the work in duodecimo format, with different pagination, possibly a piracy, was also published in 1779.” P.M.M.: “He maintained that a magnetic fluid pervades the universe, exists in every living being, and affects the nervous system... he found that there was a healing magnetic power in his own hands and that he could obtain results in treating nervous disorders without a magnet, a faculty he called animal magnetism... Mesmer himself was undoubtedly sincere, despite his theatrics; but he never realized the implications of his discovery and methods. Suggestibility on the part of the patient can, without question, be the key to his recovery; and having found this out Mesmer became, unwittingly, a pioneer of psychotherapy”.
PMM 225; Grolier 47; Norman M4; Heirs of Hippocrates 1013; Haskell F. Norman, 100 Books Famous in Medicine; Caillet, n.7435; Dorbon, n. 3058.
Slight sign of humidity in the last part, fine specimen.
