The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis
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Int J Clin Exp Hypn · Oct 2002
Biography Historical ArticleBenjamin Franklin and Mesmerism, revisited.
The authors revisit and update their previous historiographical note (McConkey & Perry, 1985) on Benjamin Franklin's involvement with and investigation of animal magnetism or mesmerism. They incorporate more recent literature and offer additional comment about Franklin's role in and views about mesmerism. Franklin had a higher degree of personal involvement with and a more detailed opinion of mesmerism than has been previously appreciated.