... Jules Luys Victor Dumontpallier History of neurology Hysteria Hemi-anesthesia Dynamometer Metallotherapy Mettaloscopy The work of physician Victor Burq (1822–1884) in the middle of the nineteenth century can be seen as a resurgence of the magnetism theory put forward by Franz-Anton Mesmer...

... in this review the numerous therapeutic tests that he conducted: vibratory medicine for Parkinson’s disease, treatment of tabes by suspension technique, metallotherapy and moral -treatment for hysteria. Understanding that he fully and completely adhered to the far-reaching heredity-based theories of his day...