Anton Mesmer,an Early 18th-Century Physician,purported to Cure Patients by Unblocking

Multiple Choice

Anton Mesmer,an early 18th-century physician,purported to cure patients by unblocking the flow of a bodily fluid he called "animal magnetism." Benjamin Franklin's double-blind experiment indicated that any effectiveness of Mesmer's methods was actually due to which of the following?

A) undetectable magnetic fields
B) chemically induced humoral balance
C) the power of suggestion
D) mental telepathy