Lettre d'un médecin de la Faculté de Paris, a un médecin du College de Londres : ouvrage dans lequel on prouve contre M. Mesmer, que le magnétisme animal n'existe pas.
A 1781 French polemic, the Lettre d'un médecin de la Faculté de Paris, attributed to Nicolas Bergasse and printed at The Hague, argues against Mesmer's theory of animal magnetism for a learned medical readership. Its three pictures are decorative printer's ornaments: a heart-shaped cartouche with a fleur-like central motif, a flowing rococo strapwork band with foliage and a central medallion, and a shield bearing a rampant lion above the motto VERITAS and a scroll reading VERITATEM PER MEDICINAM QUAERAMUS, useful for designers seeking heraldic, rococo or scrollwork elements.
