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imrfd[hfrmsass'».££yrWvV.T?*t1(?rfvi; .M»*' *3- vL.ETC?3£R*ViVlt;re-tnm-IT DIDN’T HURT: Naomi Gullarman, Tribune reporter, is shown asleep ni ter she was hypnotized by Dr. Leslie M. XeCron, Los Angeles, in a demonstration of the newest method of dental Manesthia.,, Miss Callarman admitted it didn’t hurt0 after the experience.(Redman photo)ReporterPainless(EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. Lw-lie M- LeCron, Los Angeles psychologist and expert in hypnosis, gave o lecture be* lore a group of dentists here today on the use of hypnosis as a means of alleviating pain and fear in their patients. Naomi Callarman, a reporter for the Tribune, served os* a subject for a demonstration of hypnosis. Following is her reaction.)Hypnotized to Demonstrate Dentistry, Finds It WorksBy NAOMI CALLARMAN 1 am convinced.The next time a dentist tells me this won't hurt a bit. Ill believe him. IF I have been hypnotized first.Because today n dentist couldcd on a much smaller scale for me today — when the right switch” was turned oft I could not feci any sensation of pain when my right hand was severe: ly pinched. And 1 could definitely feel it in'my .left hand — because I didn’t turn off lhat switch in my mind.How It Works Koto's how this switch” routine works. While 1 was hyp nolized, Dr. LeCron explained haw I he pain impulse travels from my hand to my brain. Then he had me visualize a row of electrie light switches—with a blue one for the nerve connecting my hand to my brain.Then he switch.had me turn off theHe pinched my handhave pulled every tooth and it —and I.felt no pain!wouldn't have hurt. II wouldn'thave, that Is, if Dr.-LeCron bad told me first which switch tochut off” so 1 wbuldn't feel I hepain.That may sound overly simplei —but il works. At least it work-*effective.I'll definitely admit I started the hypnosis demonstration as a sceptic—1 didn't think I coulc be hypnotized in the first place But as I said before, now I'mconvinced. 1 know hypnosisBecause for r fewisshort minutes. I was not a 26-year-old reporter, working on an assignment, I was a 3*year-old who has “failed” and hurt her arm. And I knew again how il feels lo have my mother comfort me and tell me “Don't cry.”I also found that it is possible to completely blank out a roomful of watching people. To blank them out so that I couldn't even see them—because Dr. LeCron told me that only he and I were there.And I found cut how it feels to have an arm float voluntarily and weightlessly in the air—because Dr. LeCron told me how light and free my arm felt.•Put Me Under’Dr. LeCron “put me tinder” by waving a small crystal ball on a chain in front of my face and telling me.how drowsy and relaxed 1 felt.And my first reaction was “Yawn, jusl like in the movies.”RF.PORTF.R
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sat, Nov 12, 1955
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