Judge with certainty of the origin, nature, and progress of diseases, Possessed of this knowledge, the physician may.In communicating my method, I shall, by a new theory of matter,ĭemonstrate the universal utility of the principle I seek to establish.The use of medicine, and may render its action more perfect, and can By its aid the physician is enlightened as to.To establish, that this principle will cure nervous diseases directly, These facts show, in accordance with the practical rules I am about.Presented to us by nature, and that if the use of these has beenĪttended by some useful results, they are due to animal magnetism. Respect to diseases, properties common to a host of other agents It teaches us that the magnet and artificial electricity have, with. Well as on the theory of attraction, of flux and reflux, of the magnet This system sheds new light upon the nature of fire and of light, as.Suffer any change, and this shows that the principle of animal magnetismĮssentially differs from that of mineral magnetism. Neither case does its action on fire and the needle Susceptible of animal magnetism, and even of the opposite virtue: in The magnet, whether natural or artificial, is like other bodies. This does not merelyĬonstitute a negative, but a positive opposite virtue. Reflected by mirrors, and propagated by sound. This opposite virtue likewise penetrates all bodies: it also may beĬommunicated, propagated, accumulated, concentrated, and transported,.Is enough to destroy all the effects of magnetism upon other bodies. I have said that animated bodies are not all equally susceptible inĪ few instances they have such an opposite property that their presence.This magnetic virtue may be accumulated, concentrated, and.It is communicated, propagated, and increased by sound.It is, like light, increased and reflected by mirrors.Its action takes place at a remote distance, without the aid of any.This action and virtue may be strengthened and diffused by such.Matter, subtle enough to penetrate all bodies without any considerable Experiments show that there is a diffusion of.Both of these classes of bodies, however, Of animal magnetism, thus characterized, may be communicated to otherĪnimate or inanimate bodies. Which environ it, manifests its analogy with the magnet, and this hasĭecided me to adopt the term of animal magnetism Influence of heavenly bodies, and of the reciprocal action of those This property of the human body which renders it susceptible of the. Opposite poles are likewise to be distinguished, and these may beĬommunicated, changed, destroyed, and reinforced. The magnet, particularly in the human body, in which diverse and
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