title: Franz Mesmer: pioneer in the treatment of functional disease or charlatan?
authors.affiliation: Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, London SE1 1UL.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000266:history*; D059346:Magnets; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D011781:Quackery / Q000266:history