From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Roots of Psychological Healing, Adam Crabtree's 1993 study from Yale University Press, traces mesmerism and magnetic sleep as roots of modern psychological healing across two centuries of documented practice. Its strength is a full length academic press history grounded in primary case literature. Its limit is that, as with any broad historical synthesis, a claim about one specific practitioner or episode should be checked against the book's own citations for the underlying primary sources.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a full length academic press history grounded in primary case literature. NotesScholarly history of mesmerism and magnetic sleep as roots of modern psychological healing, Yale University Press, 1993.
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AuthorAdam Crabtree
PublisherYale University Press
Publication Year1993
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 critiqued Here. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 3 claims: 2 critiqued Here, 1 general references.
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