mesmerical (mezmerikal)

[ who first studied the phenomena of mesmerism scientifically) and neurohypnology. By one of my usual proce es for reducing the cataleptic state of muscles during hypnotism or mesmerism , I was enabled, in a few seconds, to unlock her jaws and open her mouth. Braid, Trance, p. 59. 2. The influence itself; animal magnetism. mesmerist (mez'mér-ist), n. [ The extravagance of the mesmerists, who have contended for the reality of clairvoyance in some of their patients. Braid , Trance, p. 36.