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"He was again, in a similar way, sent to sleep. It was then
suggested that at the end of seven minutes he should lose all power
and sensibility in his right side. He was roused, given a
cigarette, which he smoked while he talked, having no knowledge of
the suggestion which had been made. About five minutes after he had
been roused, _his right arm fell useless by his side, he passing at
the same time into a partial stage of hypnosis_. _This is common
when a post-hypnotic suggestion is being carried out. The whole of
the right side, including the face, was insensitive_; the pupils
were smaller and inactive. He was again slowly aroused, and resumed
smoking, having no feeling of oppression, or recollection of
anything which had been said or done. He was later again
hypnotised, and in that condition he was asked what had been done
formerly. After some hesitation, he, in part, recalled the facts.
"It is interesting to note that though constantly the acts
performed during hypnosis are not recalled when awake, they are
fully remembered on a second hypnosis. We tested his emotional side
by getting him to recall scenes in a comic opera, at which he
heartily laughed but had no knowledge of on waking. While
unconscious, it was suggested that when he woke he should remark
upon a strong odour of violets. He was awakened and offered a
cigarette; but, looking about the room, he asked whence the strong
smell of violets came.
"I inquired as to the revival of long-past impressions, and it
seems that occurrences which took place before his present memory
existed, had been revived and verified. But still more interesting
was his experience in reference to a mathematical formula which he
had forgotten. Being hypnotised, he dictated it, and though when
once more awake he did not remember it, when shown what he had just
dictated he recognised it as the lost formula. This, of course, is
in a way parallel to the solution of difficult problems during
sleep."
Be it observed that when at the end of seven minutes (as had been
"suggested" to him should happen) the subject lost all power and
sensibility in his right side and "_his right arm fell useless by his
side_," he passed "_at the same time into a partial state of hypnosis_.
_This is common_," Dr. Savage adds, "_when a post-hypnotic suggestion is
being carried out_."
Here is strong corroboration of my argument that the right side of the
body, with its allied half-brain, is the agent of Material
Consciousness, of muscular action and of physical sensation, and that it
operates normally in fencing in the higher faculties of Mind from the
outer plane of concrete happenings, as also of interpreting them upon
this plane.
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