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Does hypnosis ever actually work? - Devin Terhune

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In the late 1700s, German physician Anton Mesmer was enthralling Europe,

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curing conditions from nervous disorders to blindness—

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or so he claimed.

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According to Mesmer, an invisible, magnetic fluid animated all living beings,

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and disturbances to it caused illness.

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For so-called “treatment,”

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Mesmer had his clientele form a chain around a contraption filled with water

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he allegedly magnetized.

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Then, with waves of his hands,

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patients would fall into fits that would supposedly restore their health.

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Some, however, were skeptical— including King Louis XVI,

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who tasked renowned researchers with interrogating Mesmer's methods

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in 1784.

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They conducted science’s first-ever blind placebo trial,

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informing participants that they were receiving the magnetized treatment

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though they weren’t, and vice versa.

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The committee ultimately concluded that any positive outcomes

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weren't attributable to magnetism.

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Instead, they were results of the participants’ own imaginations,

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