l magnetist channeled his own universal fluid to the sick man to unobstruct his channel, therefore healing him.
             Mesmer's study of animal magnetism prompted him to notice the strange behavior of the subjects while they were being magnetized (Burinelli63). This initiated his study of mesmerism. The subjects of magnetism convulsed and seemed to be unconscious, but they remained coherent and this greatly interested Mesmer. The Mesmeristic trance was a by-product of animal magnetism. Mesmer began to think of these patients as psychological stud
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