Title: Mesmerized
Description: Discover how Benjamin Franklin s scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer s mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history.

Paris had been enamored by Dr. Franz Mesmer's ability to cure ailments by staring into a person's eyes and waving a wand. However, when scientist and politician Ben Franklin came to Paris, he used the scientific method to demonstrate what was happening.
Subjects: Experiments, Juvenile literature, Psychology, Methodology, Mesmerism, Science, History, Franklin, benjamin, 1706-1790, Franklin, benjamin, 1706-1790, juvenile literature
People: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)