Mesmer, Marie Antoinette and a Royal Commission
During the years before the French Revolution, writes D.M. Walmsley, Mesmer’s treatment of patients by 'animal magnetism' in some ways foreshadowed the methods of modern pyschiatry.
During the years before the French Revolution, writes D.M. Walmsley, Mesmer’s treatment of patients by 'animal magnetism' in some ways foreshadowed the methods of modern pyschiatry.
D.M. Walmsley analyses the plentiful artistic and personal connections between the explorations of the Virginia company and the Bard.