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Although Amand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet Marquis de Puységur (1751–1825) was a French aristocrat from one of the most illustrious families of the French nobility he is now remembered as one of the pre-scientific founders of hypnotism (a branch of animal magnetism or Mesmerism).The Marquis de Puységur learned about Mesmerism from his brother Antoine-Hyacinthe the Count of Chastenet.
