- ------------------- - 31 To:' Files ugust 1951 (Raoifi 3). Subject: SI and B Experiptentation 21 A On T@iesday, 21 August 1951, 2 _.Id the writ d 9: 00 I-IT.1 w ST, ments l,etwpen 6:0-0. PI-lakld d as subjects a and servers o Note:. nd have witlidrawn froin 2 further v P icipati:on lir the experiments at this time due to external circumstances. st 11 hours of this session to comoletely The.writer used the fir 2 review the work to'date and to explain 3.nd describe some future work to a-11 present. 'r2i@e reason for the work, its background and future potential were discussed. been ini-erested in l.he nh,--nortiena of Since B had for some time "atitoT4atic writing" as a possible int ro alion t.ec i ts were @-egun in this direction. Potli nd 2 were, at separate times, placed in adeep @rahce st;3te. Afte tests for depth had been made, complete anesthesia of ttieir arms were obtained. Thereafter, both subjects were given post H suf,,gestions that upon their ripht irms would be completely insensitive. In each case, after subjects were awaken2ed, an almost complete anesthesia was obtained in their right arms, although it was felt that an even more positive anesthes ia could have been obtained if more positive and repeated post,li suggestions had been made on each subject. 'These tests, howeve r. served as a good beginning to 4later work ftlong@the lines of automatic writing or drawing. No other exi)erimen,ts ;@e d, but safet ecautions as usual wore reinforced. Poth- and continue. to be excellent.subjects. 7'!V:'