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
Florey, Ernst
Zeitler, William Wilde
Wolters, Gereon
Thuillier, Jean-Paul
Sutton, Geoffrey V.
Concepts
Therapeutics
Music
Musical instruments
Science
Philosophy
Science and art
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Places
British Isles
France
United States
Europe
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