Observations sur le magnétisme animal

slight impressions, if there were some who were convinced, there were also those who feared their prejudiced imagination. As for those who experienced nothing, they must have believed they had the right to deny the truth of the fact. There were thus several voices reasonably established in the Public; and it is beyond doubt that the balance was bound to tilt unfavorably for Mr. Mesmer.

However, despite these marked disadvantages, it seems to me that the Physiciens Natural Philosophers or Physicists should have suspended their judgment. Associated with two bodies famous in the Sciences referring to prestigious scientific academies, Mr. Mesmer could not be a man of no consideration for Scholars. He had taken the trouble to address to the principal Academies of Europe the Summary of his system, and he had compared the effects of Animal Magnetism on animal bodies to the effects of the Magnet