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A rage for Mesmerism gripped society in London at the end of the eighteenth century, as it had in Paris and Vienna. But it was to be short-lived. The excesses of its devotees soon discredited the 'science' in the eyes of the public and it eventually became a vehicle for unbalanced fringes of society. |
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