Today is the birthday of Franz Mesmer (1734-1815). He’s someone I’ve been planning to write a play about for over a decade. One of the great charlatans of all time (the best kind, the kind that actually believes in his quackery), he is the man from whom we derive the word “mesmerism“, which we now […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AM on May 23, 2013