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REPORTERContinued From Page OneHut not for long, because I soon felt just as drowsy and relaxedpihapnit.'as he said—and it was wonder ful.And I found out that tny subconscious knew a lot more about what was going on. When I came out of it” T couldn’t iell how deeply hypnotized I had been, but while I was still in a hypnotic state my subconcious mind sure could.Dr. LeCron explained while I was hypnotized, how the levels of hypnotism are measured num. erically. Then he had me move my hands, one for yes and the other for no, to tcU him at which level I was. And my hands moved completely voluntarily to tell him that I was “between 50 and 55, a relatively deep state of hypnosis.For the dentists who were watching it was not only an in* h terusting show, but a potentiallyth-isHlt;SiinmA'mBEfrtoP-n-?hasernehee-iOtilltUtitcrkled1151hetoar*nomy*envaluable addition to their skill and training.From my reactions and the comments made by Dr. LeCron as the demonstration was going on, the dentista learned that hypnosis can be used both as a N means simply of getting the pa* tiont to relax and as a means of cutting off feelings of pain.By using the method of visualizing a row of electric light switches with a particular color swilch for the part of the mouth or the tooth to be worked on, the hypnotized patient literally short circuits” the pair,Dr. LeCron told the group at County-Indian Hospital, that a relatively light level of hypnotism is needed in most dentistry work—about the stage of 30 on the scale he outlined.Under hypnosis the patient will be able to feel the work that is being done, but not the pain associated with the work, the dentists learned.Dr. LeCron also explained that post-hypnotic suggestion can be used to keep a patient from feeling “post-operative11 pain. If the patient also la not told while hypnotized to flip the right pain switch back on, then the pain impulses ire kept shut off for varying lengths of time, he said.As for my part in the demonstration, It was a unique experience. And it is probably the only chance I’ll ever have to sleep on the job with no'complaints from the boss.
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sat, Nov 12, 1955
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