Amelia is in love with Dr. Isaac Solti, a manipulative gentleman scientist/mesmerist. The story was also loosely adapted into the black comedy "The Mesmerist" (2002). Du Potet was a highly successful mesmerist. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian mesmerist and occultist Alessandro Cagliostro. He then summons a mesmerist who gets frustrated by Abel. The novel is set in Paris and narrated by the Mesmerist Pierre Pain. Davis was a practising Mesmerist, faith healer and clairvoyant from Blooming Grove, New York. He toured and performed as a magician, speaker, and mesmerist until at least 1889. Gary, a mesmerist, hypnotises Ann as a party trick. A vile mesmerist named Svengali also encounters the girl and becomes obsessed over her.