Ennemoser, Joseph (1787-1854)
Ennemoser, Joseph (1787-1854)
Distinguished physician at the University of Bonn, Germany, from 1820 to 1841. He subsequently practiced in Munich. Ennemoser was an early investigator of animal magnetism and compiled an encyclopedic work titled The History of Magic (1854).
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Ennemoser, Joseph. The History of Magic. Translated by William Howitt. 1854. Reprint (2 vols.), New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1960.
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