...concentrated view of his system in twenty-seven propositions. The following is the substance of this system. There exists a reciprocal influence between the heavenly...pervading the whole universe, which, from its nature, i& capable of receiving, propagating, and communicating every impulse of motion. This reciprocal action...

...Hist. p. 33. •f- Memoire sur la Decouverte du Magnetisme Animal. Paris, 1779heavenly bodies, tlie earth, and animated beings. The medium of this influence...its nature, is capable of receiving, propagating, an ci communicating every impulse of motion. This reciprocal action is subject to certain mechanical...

...use it as an appropriate pioneer to what follows from Mr. Colquhoun's book. At p. 223 he says, — " There exists a reciprocal influence between the heavenly...animated beings. The medium of this influence is a very subtle fluid, pervading the whole universe (electricity?), which, from its nature, is capable of re....

...Colquhoun's book. At p. 223 he says,— "There exists a reciprocal influence between the heavenly bodice, the earth, and animated beings. The medium of this...a very subtile fluid pervading the whole universe (electricity 1) which, from its nature, is capable of receiving, propagating, and communicating every...

...are best given by the discoverer himself, in what is called " Mesmer's Twenty-Seven Aphorisms." 1. There exists a reciprocal influence between the heavenly bodies, the earth, and all living beings. 2. A fluid which is everywhere, and which is so expanded that it admits of no vacuum,...

...bodies, the earth, and animated beings." The medium of this influence he conceived to be "a very subtle fluid pervading the whole universe, which from its...propagating, and communicating every impulse of motion. The reciprocal action is subject to certain mechanical laws which have not yet been discovered. . ....

...sur la decouverte du Magnetisme Animal." The theory put forward rested on Mesmer's conviction that " there exists a reciprocal influence between the heavenly...and animated beings." The medium of this influence he conceived to be " a very subtle fluid pervading the whole universe, which from its nature is capable...

...Medicine. In these brief axioms Mesmer's main doctrines are summarised. They are as follows : — 1. There exists a reciprocal influence between the heavenly bodies, the earth, and animated bodies. 2. A fluid universally diffused, and so continuous as not to admit of any vacuum, and the subtlety...