"Franz Anton Mesmer"@en . . . . "Mesmer, Franz"@en . "1815Z"^^ . "1815-03-05Z"^^ . "Franz Anton Mesmer (/\u02C8m\u025Bzm\u0259r/; German: [\u02C8m\u025Bsm\u0250]; May 23, 1734 \u2013 March 5, 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy, who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called animal magnetism, sometimes later referred to as mesmerism. The theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the century."@en . . . . "German physician" . "1734Z"^^ . . "Franz Anton Mesmer"@en . . . . "1734-05-23Z"^^ .