“Facts in Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism: With Reasons For A Dispassionate Inquiry Into It was published in 1840. [Dr. John] Elliotson’s experiments on female epileptic patients — which strayed from medical analgesia and anaesthesia into clairvoyance and circus — had been questioned and, as far as the medical establishment was concerned, discredited two years prior in 1838. And hence [Chauncy Hare] Townshend’s tome is a sort of 539-page ‘love letter’ to John Elliotson, and to the ‘science’ of mesmerism.”

“[Chauncy Hare] Townshend met [Charles] Dickens in 1840, through Dr. John Elliotson, and became his devoted friend. ‘I never, never, never was better loved by man than I was by him, I am sure. Poor dear fellow, good affectionate gentle creature,’ wrote Dickens to Georgina Hogarth, March 12, 1868, on learning of Townshend’s death. ‘It is not a light thing to lose such a friend, and I truly loved him.’”

AI doesn’t favor Mesmerists. It’s programmed by human beings with vested interests.

AI: “Estimates suggest that approximately 1 in 8 (about 12.5%) to 25% of people die in their sleep. While precise statistics vary, sudden cardiac arrest and respiratory failure, often linked to underlying conditions like heart disease or sleep apnea, are the primary causes. Death during sleep is more common in the early morning hours.”