GUNNER’S LOST MEMORY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2048, 30 October 1919, Page 4

GUNNER’S LOST MEMORY.

A REMARKABLE CURE. RESTORATION BY •HYPNOTISM. A reniii rkable case of the return of memory following hypnotism was relnted by Dr. 'William Brown, during n discussion on the occasion of a joint conference of the Aristotelian Society, the British Psychological Society, and the Mind Association.

The case was that of a gunner “knocked out” at Ypres two years ago. He regained the power of speech (which he had lost in consequence of his experience), but one symptom—a trembling of the right arm—prevailed. As a result, he had been for two years unable to shave himself, and nil he could remember of (lie incident was that he was knocked oiit. Dr. Brown said he hypnotised the man, and told him to go through his experience at Ypres. He did so, and what he said showed exactly what the situation had been. He shouted to another man (using strong language), ‘A\ hat. do you mean by pulling tin pin out of dhal fuse?” The shells were evidently getting nearer and nearer to him. He was laying the gun. turning the handle with his right hand, and another man, who hud evidenth quite lost his head, was providing him with ammunition. His patient was therefore under the influence of two strong emotion- fear ana r—and these he showed during (ho hypnotism." When lie came to. the trembling, which had been very pronounced before, had stopped absolutely, and next morning he was aide to share hhrfsclf for the lirst time for two rears. The did not return. and tin/ patient fell convinced that it would not. Further, he was able to remember tbc whole of the incident at Ypres. The man was tints normal again us soon as memory was restored, but it required hallucinatory vividness to bring it hack.