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MESMERISTS / HYPNOTIST

The mind exercises a powerful influence over the body. From the beginning of time, the sorcerer, the interpreter of dreams, the fortune-teller, the charlatan, the quack, the wild medicine-man, the educated physician, the mesmerist, and the hypnotist have made use of the client's imagination to help them in their work. They have all recognized the potency and availability of that force.
- Christian Science


Hannibal mesmerist
Illustration Mark Twain's AUTOBIOGRAPHY which appeared in SUNDAY MAGAZINE of
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS AND DENVER TIMES, December 22, 1907
from the Dave Thomson collection.

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