Anton Mesmer,an early 18th-century physician,purported to cure patients by unblocking the flow of a bodily fluid he called "animal magnetism." Benjamin Franklin's double-blind experiment indicated that any effectiveness of Mesmer's methods was actually due to which of the following?

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Benjamin Franklin's double-blind experiment showed that the apparent effectiveness of Mesmer's methods was actually due to the power of suggestion, rather than any sort of physical phenomena such as magnetic fields or humoral balance.

Anton Mesmer,an Early 18th-Century Physician,purported to Cure Patients by Unblocking