Anton Mesmer, an early eighteenth-century physician, purported to be affecting cures in patients by unblocking their flow of a bodily fluid he called 'animal magnetism.' In fact, any effectiveness of his methods was actually due to

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The effectiveness of Anton Mesmer's methods was due to the power of suggestion, as his practices were an early form of what we now understand as hypnosis or the placebo effect.

Anton Mesmer, an Early Eighteenth-Century Physician, Purported to Be Affecting