Franz Anton Mesmer, an 18th-century Swiss physician, developed a theory that the human nervous system was magnetized, just like the Earth.
18世纪的瑞士医师法兰兹·安东·麦斯默提出一项理论，认为人体神经系统与地球一样，是有磁性的。
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Hypnotherapy has struggled for scientific acceptance ever since Franz Mesmer claimed in the 18th century that he could cure all manner of ills with what he termed "animal magnetism".