释义 |
mesmerist|ˈmɛzmərɪst| [f. Mesmer (see prec.) + ist.] One who practises mesmerism. Also occas. a believer in mesmerism.
1840C. H. Townshend Facts in Mesmerism i. 16 Perhaps the error has originated with the Mesmerists themselves. 1852Smedley L. Arundel i. 16, ‘I made use of one of the secrets of the mesmerist’, replied Lewis; ‘I managed her by the power of a strong will over a weak one’. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 427 According to the mesmerists, offences against the person might be committed in hypnosis. |