Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815): o mesmerismo e sua avaliação pelas comissões reais na França do século XVIII

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Ano de defesa: 2022
Autor(a) principal: Morais, Cristiano Ramos de lattes
Orientador(a): Alfonso-Goldfarb, Ana Maria lattes
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
Departamento: Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia
País: Brasil
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Link de acesso: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/30893
Resumo: The current research has the aim to revisit how the process of condemning Animal Magnetism took place as proposed by Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815).In order to achieve this, we will analyse the works by the controversial 18th Century German doctor, as well as the reports of the Royal Commissions summoned by King Louis XVI of France, which investigated and concluded the dismissal of the mesmerian Animal Magnetism. Regardless of having graduated from the recently reformed and highly respected University of Vienna, Mesmer recovered the oldest theories of the health-illness process, making his own version, in which according to him would be an innovative way to treat diseases.There were many involved in this movement commanded by Mesmer, from secret societies to government and academic institutions. Finally, authorities from the most diverse sciences of the time participated in the Royal Commissions who, adepts of new models of experimentation, were unable to verify the existence of Animal Magnetism or the effectiveness of mesmerian cures