This is a theory proposed by F.A. Mesmer, also known as mesmerism. It states that the human body is under the influence of animal magnetism, a type of gas that fills the universe, and that an imbalance of this magnetism within the body leads to illness. Mesmer initially claimed that the centrifugal and gravitational forces that determine the planetary orbits have an effect on the body's organs, based on Newton's law of universal gravitation and Kepler's laws, but later, inspired by the astronomer Maximilian Hell's use of magnets in treatment, he advocated the theory of animal magnetism (1775). Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
F.A.メスマーの立てた学説で,メスメリズムmesmerismともいう。すなわち,人体はすべて宇宙に満ちているガスの一種である動物磁気の作用下にあり,体内においてこの磁気の不均衡が生ずると病気になるというものである。メスマーは最初ニュートンの万有引力の法則やケプラーの法則をもとに,惑星軌道を決定している遠心力や引力の身体器官に対する影響を主張していたが,後に天文学者ヘルMaximilian Hellの磁石による治療にヒントを得て動物磁気説を唱えた(1775)。
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