When Mesmer Testified Before the Commission Investigating Gassner's Exorcisms,he Convinced

question 22

Multiple Choice

When Mesmer testified before the commission investigating Gassner's exorcisms,he convinced them that:

• A) Gassner's cures were real, but had naturalistic rather than demonological causes.
• B) Gassner's cures were mainly the result of suggestion.
• C) any patients "cured" by Gassner had really been malingerers.
• D) Gassner's cures were the genuine result of exorcism.

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