Who developed a now discredited medical treatment using magnets, and contributed to the development of hypnosis?
A) Galton
B) Wernicke
C) Mesmer
D) Freud
Answer: C
Rationale: Franz Mesmer, an 18th century Austrian physician practicing in Paris, believed that prolonged exposure to magnets could redirect the flow of metallic fluids in the body, thereby curing disease and insanity. Mesmer was able to put his patients into a trancelike state that became known as hypnosis.
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