Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal

determined by the GENERAL AGENT The "General Agent" refers to the universal fluid or force that Mesmer believed permeated the universe and connected all living things. whose existence I recognize: it alone can restore this harmony to its natural state.

Thus, throughout all time, we have seen diseases worsen and be cured both with and without the help of Medicine, following different systems and the most opposing methods. These considerations have not allowed me to doubt that there exists in Nature a principle that is universally active, and which, independently of us, performs what we vaguely attribute to Art In this context, "Art" refers to the "Medical Art" or human-applied clinical skill. and to Nature.

These reflections have insensibly led me away from the beaten path. I have submitted my ideas to experiment for twelve years, which I have consecrated to the most exact observations on all types of diseases; and I have had the satisfaction of seeing the maxims that