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30 results filtered with: Mesmerism
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
  • A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.
  • A practictioner of Mesmerism using Animal Magnetism
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a woman who responds with convulsions. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A large gathering of patients and assistants to Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy, showing use of the special tub at his clinic. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat.
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a seated female patient. Wood engraving, ca. 1845.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • Lt. Col. Ashburnham performing animal magnetism on Lt. Col. Forbes. Pen and ink drawing, 183-.
  • A large gathering of patients and assistants to Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy, showing use of the special tub at his clinic. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat.
  • A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.
  • Breathing into the ear to relieve deafness
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a seated female patient. Wood engraving, ca. 1845.
  • The Zoist.
  • Nos facultes sont en rapport.
  • A mesmeric physician taking advantage of his female patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A group of entertainers parading: the monstrous craws, a ventriloquist, a learned pig and two mesmerists. Etching, 178.
  • 'Painles removal of a breast in the mesmeric state'.
  • Patients in Paris receiving Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy. Coloured etching after C-L. Desrais.
  • M0006352: "Le Baquet de Mesmer"
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a woman who responds with convulsions. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A mesmeric physician taking advantage of his female patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.