Observations sur le magnétisme animal

on Animal Magnetism.

centrate it, and transport it: I can increase it and cause it to be reflected by mirrors like light, communicate it, propagate it, and increase it by sound. I observe through experience the flow of a matière matter or fluid whose subtlety penetrates all bodies without significantly losing its activity. Finally, I have assured myself that some animal bodies have a property so opposed to my principle, that its mere presence destroys all the effects of Animal Magnetism. This opposing vertu virtue or power is equally susceptible to being communicated, propagated, accumulated, concentrated, transported, reflected by mirrors, propagated by sound, etc. etc. etc.

When a man with a reasonable countenance positively advances such facts, one must listen to him to profit from his lumières insights or intelligence or to declare him mad.