Franz Mesmer believed that his ability to heal people was based on his manipulation of which force?

A. electricity

B. gravity

C. magnetism

D. inertia

Franz Mesmer believed that his ability to heal people was based on his manipulation of magnetism. Due to his previous experiments with magnets and fluids, Mesmer had been led to believe that magnets themselves could create healing effects. The term 'animal magnetism' or mesmerism was given to this. He believed it was an artificial force that flowed through all living things.