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Abstract

The paper focuses on practices in medicine conducted by the authorities of Vilnius University at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The author analyzes institutional and scientific meaning of these practices, claiming that they are main reason for emerging animal magnetism in Vilnius. Emerging of mesmerism was caused first of all by depersonalizing medical treatment and secondly by peculiar interpretation of electricity as a vital force. The author shows that the latter was common for mesmerists and scientific establishments and thus mesmerists proved the credibility of their science. Therefore he states that animal magnetism in polish culture should not be consider as an epidemic of irrational pseudoscience, but rather a logical consequence of the biopolitical and scientific practices of University.

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Title
ELEKTRYCZNY „ZABOBON"? MESMERYZM WOBEC PRAKTYK INSTYTUCJONALNYCH I NAUKOWYCH UNIWERSYTETU WILEŃSKIEGO (1816-1818)
Author
Urbanowicz, Piotr 1 

 Katedra Performatyki Uniwersytet Jagiellonski 
Pages
182-198
Section
W KRĘGU IDEI
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Jagiellonian University-Jagiellonian University Press
ISSN
1895975X
e-ISSN
20843860
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Polish
ProQuest document ID
2186638303
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under NOCC (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.