mesmerism

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The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

But mesmerists had a knack for turning such accusations of fraudulence into strength.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2018

The number of homeopaths, phrenologists, mesmerists, and botanic healers sharply declined in the early twentieth century, but osteopaths, chiropractors, and many other kinds of healers made up for the retreat of older systems.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2014

And what explanations can science offer for people who had limbs amputated under the influence of 19th-century mesmerists?

From The Guardian • May 17, 2013

The mesmerists waved their hands near clients’ faces, gently stroked their arms, or looked intently into their eyes until they fell into a kind of waking sleep.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock