Mesmerism, or System of Interactions

"Trust in these institutions led those who found refuge there to enjoy free care until their recovery.

"Thus, for the course of ten years, I enjoyed the happiness of being able to work for the preservation of a very great number of my fellow human beings, by means of a victory that was not without honor, until an unhappy upheaval of the spirit of the age refers to the French Revolution and the subsequent political instability in Europe brought about the destruction of all charitable institutions. I was left with no other salvation for myself than flight to my fatherland; but there, given the dull indifference of my countrymen toward the honor of the invention, the recognition of my merit gathered abroad and the gratitude shown to me found only their undeserved grave. Here, the physicians hid their ignorance of what I had accomplished for the benefit of truth over such a long period of time behind the mask of a school-sanctioned skepticism: a skepticism that, before the judgment seat of Reason, would surely be very difficult for them to justify."

It was necessary here to touch upon all these historical events, which constitute the materials ) More on this can be found in the December 1812 issue of the Askläpieion*. for a complete and careful historical investigation, solely and exclusively with the intention of making it comprehensible to myself and to the world how it came to pass that, even when one had arrived early at the knowledge of the truth in this important matter, one was able to learn little of the progress of the discovery, and absolutely nothing further about the discoverer himself.