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Early in 1788, Franz Anton Mesmer, a Viennese physician, arrived in Paris and began to promulgate a somewhat exotic theory of healing that almost immediately seized the imagination of the general populace. Robert Darnton, in his lively study of mesmerism and its relation to eighteenth-century radical political thought and popular scientific notions, provides a useful contribution to the study of popular culture and the manner in which ideas are diffused down through various social levels.

Enlightenment. --- France --- Intellectual life. --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Mesmer, Franz-Anton --- Enlightenment --- Mesmerism --- Intellectual life --- Alternative medicine --- Subconsciousness --- Animal magnetism --- Hypnotism --- Magnetic healing --- Therapeutics, Suggestive