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Author	Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Image title	Mesmer's tub, 1779 (1875). In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism, opened a consulting room in Paris. The tub was a vat of dilute sulphuric acid and patients at therapy sessions sat around it either holding hands, or holding one of the iron bars projecting from it. After a print. (Paris, 1779).
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Short title	Mesmer's tub, 1779
Credit/Provider	Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Original transmission location code	C045/5411
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Supplemental categories	History
Keywords	people interior indoors france paris chemical century history inside tub vat acid therapy magnetism monochrome 19th century black and white ile-de-france 18th century eighteenth century nineteenth century mesmerism oil of vitriol sulphuric acid engraving franz mesmer mesmer franz anton franz mesmer person french historical 1800s 1700s illustration artwork
Headline	Mesmer's tub, 1779
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