Word: scopolamin
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Scopolamin (also known as hyoscin), the poisonous alkaloid anaesthetic derived from henbane, deadly nightshade and similar plants, has added another function to its established use in childbirth (TIME, May 12), if we are to believe Dr. R. E. House, of Ferris, Texas, whose paper on its value in revealing truth in criminal cases created a sensation at the meeting of the American Association of Anaesthetists, held in conjunction with the San Francisco sessions of the American Medical Association...
...memory, and the replies disclose what actually happened, because the patient is powerless to contrive any deception or rational defense. Dr. House used the drug at San Quentin, the California penitentiary, on three prisoners, convicted of murder, grand larceny and various crimes. The stories told under the influence of scopolamin " proved" the alleged murderer innocent, gave previously concealed evidence of identity in another case and secured a confession of a third. The drug also was used in a Berkeley murder case, justifying previous acquittal. It has been employed for some time at the Cook County Hospital, Chicago, under the direction...
...House has himself experimented with scopolamin for seven years, and says he has had no failures. He has been a practicing physician for 25 years. He does not claim that the use of scopolamin is practicable or desirable in courts, but he believes it an invaluable agency in furnishing clues by a humane variety of third degree. He wants to demonstrate its efficiency in federal prisons...
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