Article ID: CBB000072293

The first scientific investigation of the paranormal ever conducted: Testing the claims of Mesmerism; commissioned by King Louis XVI; designed, conducted, and written by Benjamin Franklin, Antoine Lavoisier, and others (1996)

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Skeptic
Volume: 4 no.3
Issue: 3
Pages: 66-83


Publication Date: 1996
Edition Details: Translated by Charles and Salas, Danielle; introduction by Michael Shermer

Description A translation of Rapport des Commissaires chargés par le Roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal (Paris, 1784).


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Authors & Contributors
Fara, Patricia
Wolters, Gereon
Florey, Ernst
Zeitler, William Wilde
Thuillier, Jean-Paul
Sutton, Geoffrey V.
Journals
Transactions of the International Congress on the Enlightenment
Natural History
Medizinhistorisches Journal
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
UVK Universitätsverlag
Universitätsverlag
Princeton University Press
Payot
Musica Arcana
Laffont
Concepts
Therapeutics
Music
Musical instruments
Philosophy
Science and art
Mesmerism
People
Mesmer, Franz Anton
Mozart, Wolfang Amadeus
Franklin, Benjamin
Beethoven, Ludwig von
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Places
British Isles
France
United States
Europe
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