The methods mesmer uses to heal his patients is to put his hands on their bodies and "stroke" out the pains that ails them. Many of his patients are female and he frequently strokes his hands over their breasts during his healing processes. The patients' reactions are very physical and sometimes sexual in nature; in one part of the film it seems a group of women have a mass orgasm due to his physical influence over them.

a young woman is fondled by her father. It is insinuated on a number of occasions through the film that sexual molestation from him is a consistent occurrence.

A woman is bled by a doctor because he feels her illness is in her blood. This was a common during mesmer's day.

some uses of s**t, F**k, and some religious exclamations.

the entire film is very intense. Mesmer's healing processes are unusual, physical and can be disturbing to some viewers.