Sujet
Mesmer's tub, 1779 (1875). Artist: Unknown
Légende
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).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1875
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_450
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
30,0Mo (3,1Mo) / 33,0cm x 22,7cm / 3900 x 2686 (300dpi)