Lurid tales of the criminal use of hypnosis captured both popular and scholarly attention across Europe during the closing decades of the nineteenth century, culminating not only in the invention of fictional characters such as du Maurier's Svengali but also in heated debates between physicians over the possibilities of hypnotic crime and the application of hypnosis for forensic purposes. The scholarly literature and expert advice that emerged on this topic at the turn of the century highlighted the transnational nature of research into hypnosis and the struggle of physicians in a large number of countries to prise hypnotism from the hands of showmen and amateurs once and for all. Making use of the 1894 Czynski trial, in which a Baroness was putatively hypnotically seduced by a magnetic healer, this paper will examine the scientific, popular and forensic tensions that existed around hypnotism in the German context. Focusing, in particular, on the expert testimony about hypnosis and hypnotic crime during this case, the paper will show that, while such trials offered opportunities to criminalize and pathologize lay hypnosis, they did not always provide the ideal forum for settling scientific questions or disputes.

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fin-de-siècle德国的犯罪和催眠：Czynski案。

关于催眠的犯罪行为的卢里德（Lurid）故事在19世纪末期的整个欧洲引起了社会的广泛关注和学术关注，其结果不仅是发明了虚构人物，例如du Maurier的Svengali，而且在医生之间就催眠犯罪和将催眠用于法医目的。在世纪之交出现的有关该主题的学术文献和专家建议凸显了催眠研究的跨国性，以及许多国家的医生为从表演者和业余爱好者手中一劳永逸地获得催眠术而进行的斗争。 。利用1894年的Czynski试验，该试验通过磁力治疗师推论性地引诱了男爵夫人，本文将研究科学，在德国背景下，围绕催眠术存在的普遍的和法医的紧张关系。本文将特别关注针对此案中有关催眠和催眠犯罪的专家证词，该论文将显示，尽管此类试验提供了对非常规催眠进行定罪和病理化的机会，但它们并不总是提供解决科学问题或争议的理想论坛。