The Persuaders
Animal Magnetism: The 1784 Panel Would Not Judge It by Cures
Nine royal commissioners wrote in 1784 that animal magnetism without imagination “produces nothing.” Here are their blindfold, orchard and paper-door tests.
Image credit
"Le Magnétisme Animal" by Unknown author — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Magn%C3%A9tisme_Animal_(36721856593).jpg — Public domain — Public domain in the US (published 178-) and in the EU (anonymous French print of the 1780s, 70 years passed); modified: resized to 1400 px wide; no crop