Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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French officier & magnetist
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About Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers
- Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers (1755–1841) was a French magnetizer who was an early practitioner of mesmerism as a scientific discipline.Hénin de Cuvillers was a follower of Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815).
- However, unlike Mesmer he did not believe in the existence of a "magnetic fluid" in animal magnetism, and instead emphasized the role of mental processes in mesmerism.
- In his book Le magnétisme éclairé (The Enlightened Magnetism), he describes accounts of mesmeric effects in terms of belief and suggestibility.He is credited for popularizing a system of scientific nomenclature by using the prefix "hypn" in words such as hypnotique (hypnotic), hypnotisme (hypnotism) and hypnotiste (hypnotist).
- He used these terms as early as 1820, and is believed by many to have coined these names.
- In 1820 he became editor of the Archives du Magnetisme Animal (Archives of Animal Magnetism).
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