1To Benjamin Franklin from Pierre-Isaac Poissonnier, 26 April 1784 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society On March 12, 1784, the French government ordered the Faculté de médecine to conduct an investigation of animal magnetism. It had been six years since the man who claimed to have discovered it, Franz Anton Mesmer, had established an independent medical practice in Paris, and three years since the last of several attempts to examine his methods had failed....
2To Benjamin Franklin from Poissonnier, [before 14 May 1784] (Franklin Papers)
L : American Philosophical Society M Poissonnier a l’honneur de présenter son Respect à Monsieur Franklin et de lui Rappeller qu’il a promis de Vouloir bien signer le rapport des Commissaires de la Société Royale de Medécine, Sur les Bains de Mr Albert. En Conséquence il a l’honneur de lui envoier ce Rapport que M Albert aura celui de lui présenter lui même, avec la Copie de ce même Rapport,...