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The Right Chemistry: Mesmer and 'animal magnetism'
McGill University Professor of Chemistry Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the invisible force of "animal magnetism" made popular by Franz Anton Mesmer in the mid 1700s.
Joe Schwarcz PhD
| 23 May 2018
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