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From: vlaca_malacca
Date: Sun Nov 3, 2002 11:33pm
Subject: Re: numb hand
--- In a previous message adil263 wrote:
> this has probly been posted before, but i am very curious as to how
> derren performed the hand numbing of the student, whereby he
> couldn't 'move' his hand? very interesting.
I think it was a mixture of tactile (grabbing the student's hand;
gently caressing above the tendons, etc.) and verbal (describing the
sensation -- or lack of -- of anaesthesia as a "blueness")
suggestion.
Also, as with most of Derren's tricks, the context is extremely
important (here it was the amputation theatre, so we're told); this
would play on the victims' subconscious to the extent that any
suggestion related to the field of medicine/surgery would be
heightened. Hence the "numb" hand.
...I think!
Tim
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