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Happy 200th Deathday Franz Anton Mesmer

by Anna Jenkin on March 5, 2015

March 5th marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who brought the world psychoanalysis, despite his very best efforts. Oh, and the glass harmonica. Mesmer was born in Austria

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