Mesmerism, named after its chief theoretician and practitioner, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), also known as Animal Magnetism, was one of the most popular medical theories of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Today mesmerism is...

Animal magnetism (French: magnétisme animal) is also known eponymously as mesmerism after Franz Mesmer who postulated the existence of a magnetic fluid or ethereal medium as a therapeutic...

ANIMAL MAGNETISM As soon as they dig themselves out of their sandy nests on the shares of eastern Florida, hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Coretta caretta) set out on a 9,000-mile journey lasting anywhere from six to twelve years. Migrating in the circular system of...

Judy Jeannin The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-18-1992 ANIMAL MAGNETISM By Judy Jeannin Date: 08-18-1992, Tuesday Section: LIFESTYLE Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early Column: HAUTE STUFF Don't give away...

Massenet's "Manon," as performed here Saturday, should have been called "Anna."Netrebko, that is.Her voice? Childlike when called for, as a 16-year-old on her way to a convent until love catches up with her. Tender, as she says farewell to her true love to throw herself...

One score and nine years ago, Doris Kearns Goodwin launched her career as a Presidential historian with Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, a shrewd look at the oversized Texan she’d observed closely during his Presidency and post-Presidency. In the years that followed, she built...