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Subject: SI and 4 Experimentation, 23 September 1953
On 23 September 1953, SI and, H experimentat on
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tried the "falling ba
d both tests were successful. o
an uced her in a light trance and then and uced
her again and while she was sleeping he to an a prone
position and attempted to trance. r directed
to continue to ee whil ent bac t e he
was talking to with a start.
reassured and e s later induce in a prone
position where she athieved a eeper trance and anesthesia was
successfully induced in her leg.
La e e general relaxation techniq sed with both
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girls. ment into a light trance hut did not. Finally.
we trie e pendulum test with the circle an crOss lines. Both
of these girls' attempt to co-operate too much and in thi
attempting to act in the early stages. As far as I kno
has never been put into a deep trance and subconsciously fghts
induction and a plausible explanation of her start was that she
awakened and feared she would be trapped into hypnosis. I feel
if We are going to work quickly with the girl in attempt to
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produce a scenario,it would be better to dror In any
event, I believe ould be a e s one in-
fluences the act
event,the o I feel eould be developed
'into a good subject.
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