Gravitz M A, Gerton M I
J Hist Behav Sci. 1981 Jan;17(1):68-74. doi: 10.1002/1520-6696(198101)17:1<68::aid-jhbs2300170109>3.0.co;2-b.
The development of hypnosis as a therapeutic and experimental method was significantly influenced by Sigmund Freud's announced rejection of the technique late in the nineteenth century; however, a Hungarian-born hypnotist, Franz Polgar, related in his little-known autobiography that he served as Freud's assistant for six months in 1924. Possible factors related to this seeming paradox are discussed, including the evidence that many of Freud's psychoanalytic colleagues were then actively interested in hypnosis and the negative value associated with the modality had been lifted during the time when Polgar reported that Freud himself was utilizing the method. This is a historically important account of the interface between two prominent therapeutic techniques.
催眠术作为一种治疗和实验方法的发展，受到了西格蒙德·弗洛伊德在19世纪末宣布摒弃该技术的重大影响；然而，一位出生于匈牙利的催眠师弗兰兹·波尔加在其鲜为人知的自传中提到，1924年他曾担任弗洛伊德的助手达六个月之久。文中讨论了与这一明显矛盾现象相关的可能因素，包括诸多证据表明，当时弗洛伊德的许多精神分析同事都对催眠术有着浓厚兴趣，而且在波尔加声称弗洛伊德本人正在使用该方法的时期，与这种治疗方式相关的负面评价已经消除。这是对两种重要治疗技术之间相互关系的一份具有历史意义的记述。
