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3208. FRANKLIN (Benjamin), Mesmerism unveiled.—

The animal magnetism of
the maniac Mesmer, * * * received its death
wound from his hand in conjunction with his
brethren of the learned committee appointed to
unveil that compound of fraud and folly.—
To Rev. William Smith. Washington ed. iii, 212. Ford ed., v, 291.
(Pa., 1791)