▁In ▁ 1 8 4 3 ▁the ▁Scottish ▁doctor ▁James ▁Bra id ▁proposed ▁the ▁term ▁" h yp nos is " ▁for ▁a ▁technique ▁derived ▁from ▁animal ▁magnet ism ; ▁today ▁the ▁word ▁" mes mer ism " ▁generally ▁functions ▁as ▁a ▁syn onym ▁of ▁" h yp nos is ". ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Mes mer ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁I zn ang , ▁on ▁the ▁shore ▁of ▁Lake ▁Const ance ▁in ▁Sw ab ia , ▁Germany , ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁master ▁for ester ▁Anton ▁Mes mer ▁( 1 7 0 1 — after ▁ 1 7 4 7 ) ▁and ▁his ▁wife , ▁Maria / U rs ula ▁( née ▁Michel ; ▁ 1 7 0 1 — 1 7 7 0 ). ▁After ▁studying ▁at ▁the ▁Jes uit ▁univers ities ▁of ▁D ill ingen ▁and ▁Ing ol stadt , ▁he ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁medicine ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Vienna ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 9 . ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 6 ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁doctor al ▁dis sert ation ▁with ▁the ▁Latin ▁title ▁De ▁planet ar um ▁infl ux u ▁in ▁cor pus ▁human um ▁( On ▁the ▁In flu ence ▁of ▁the ▁Plan ets ▁on ▁the ▁Human ▁Body ), ▁which ▁discussed ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁moon ▁and ▁the ▁plan ets ▁on ▁the ▁human ▁body ▁and ▁on ▁disease . ▁This ▁was ▁not ▁medical ▁ast ro log y . ▁Building ▁largely ▁on ▁Isaac ▁Newton ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁t ides , ▁Mes mer ▁exp ounded ▁on