He spoke of heredity, of innate criminality, of Lombroso, of Charcot, of evolution, of the struggle for existence, of hypnotism, of hypnotic suggestion, and of decadence.
Hypnotism brought matter for the marvel-mongers, and there followed a long procession of words in limping Greek — a little difficult till practice had made perfect.
No matter what the doctors did-and they tried all kinds of sedatives and narcotics, even hypnotism — Paul Kern couldn't be put to sleep or even made to feel drowsy.
You must not, it is true, believe in witchcraft, but you may credit hypnotism; ghosts are out of date, but there is a good deal to be said for the theory of telepathy.
If by some method of hypnotism the last dregs of Walter's subconscious could have been dragged to the surface, it would have been found that he thought that Liz was doing very well for herself.