Mesmer
/ˈmezmə/- Mesmer, Franz Anton (1734-1815), Austrian physician. Mesmer is chiefly remembered for introducing a therapeutic technique involving hypnotism; it was bound up with his ideas about 'animal magnetism', however, and steeped in sensationalism.梅斯梅尔, 弗朗兹·安东（1734-1815, 奥地利医师; 主要因推行催眠治疗而为世人所知, 此法与他关于“动物磁性”的观点紧密相关, 且充满着对轰动效应的追求）。