![Franz Mesmer (second left) carrying out one of his experiments, in an engraving dated 1842. Photo: DEA/Biblioteca
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Medicine
Franz Mesmer: The remarkable Austrian physician who unwittingly invented hypnosis
CHARLIE CONNELLY on a charming and bewitchingly charismatic medical practitioner whose methods were declared hokum after long keeping the elite mesmerised