States of awareness during general anaesthesia: Preliminary communication

Abstract

Ten patients were exposed during deep surgical anaesthesia to a suggestion indicative of an anaesthetic crisis. One month later the patients were hypnotized and regressed to the operation. Four were able to reproduce the words spoken by the anaesthetist. Four became anxious and woke from hypnosis. Two did not reproduce the suggestion. © 1965 John Sherratt and Son Ltd.