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Mesmerism--The Scientific Investigation of Mesmerism--Mesmerism in America; Phineas Quimby an Important Link in a Long Chain--Quimby is Led to Define Sickness as Wrong Belief--Quimby Develops His Theories--Mary Baker Eddy Comes Under His Influence--Outstanding Events of Her Life: Her Early Girlhood--Her Education: Shaping Influences--Her Unhappy Fortunes. She is Cured by Quimby--An Unacknowledged Debt--She Develops Quimby's Teachings--Begins to Teach and to Heal--Early Phases of Christian Science--She Writes "Science and Health" and Completes the Organization of Her Church.