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Almanac: The forerunner of hypnotism

Name: Almanac: The forerunner of hypnotism
Uploaded: 2017-03-05T09:35:32-0500
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: On March 5, 1815, Franz Anton Mesmer, a German doctor whose controversial methods to harness a force he called "animal magnetism" were the forerunner of modern hypnotism, died at age 80. Jane Pauley reports.

On March 5, 1815, Franz Anton Mesmer, a German doctor whose controversial methods to harness a force he called "animal magnetism" were the forerunner of modern hypnotism, died at age 80. Jane Pauley reports.