Deitton
An astrological book of Indian origin in use in Burma, the same as the Dittharana (q. v.) (See Burma.) De la Motte, Madame : (See Cagliostro.) Deleuze, Billot : (See France.) Deleuze, Jean Philippe François : French naturalist and adept in animal magnetism. He was born at Sisteron, in 1753, and died in 1835. It is by his advocacy of animal magnetism that he is principally remembered, and his works on this subject include: Histoire Critique du Magnétisme, (1813-1819); Insruction Pratique sur le Magnétisme Animale, (1819 and 1836); Défense du Magnétisme, (1819); Mémoire sur la Faculté de Prevision, (1836). He believed in rapport between patient and magnetiser, in diagnosis of disease by clairyovants, and other supernormal phenomena. (See Hypnotism.)