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** [[Clock Punk|Mechanical gears]] and optics ([[E. T. A. Hoffmann|ETA Hoffmann]], [[L. Frank Baum]]).

** Electricity, particularly [[Lightning Can Do Anything|lightning]]. (''[[Frankenstein's Monster]]'')

** Mesmerism ([[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar'') Do note that as originally understood (at least by its creator), Mesmerism was not hypnosis, but rather an intricate ritual combining mysticism and electricity to adjust what Mesmer called a person's "animal magnetism", or "[[Life Force]]"; it was not until later that it was realized that all of his electrical apparatus and magnetism theories were pointless, and he had instead accidentally invented hypnosis in the experiments/rituals.

** Vivisection (''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'')

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