5X5 Episode 16
This episode needs: transcription, proof-reading, formatting, links, categories, categorized redirect. | How to Contribute |
5X5 Episode 16 | |
---|---|
Surgery under hypnosis. | |
20th April 2008 | |
5X5 15 | 5X5 17 |
Skeptical Rogues | |
S: Steven Novella | |
R: Rebecca Watson | |
B: Bob Novella | |
J: Jay Novella | |
E: Evan Bernstein | |
Links | |
Download Podcast | |
Show Notes | |
Forum Topic |
Surgery under hypnosis.
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide 5x5, five minutes with five skeptics, with Steve, Jay, Rebecca, Bob and Evan.
S: This is the SGU 5x5. Tonight's topic, a hypnotist undergoes very painful surgery without any anesthetic. British hypnotist Alex Lenkei underwent hand surgery which involved actually chipping away part of the bone, in his, in the bone in his wrist and his thumb, and he did so by according to news reports without any anesthesia simply by hypnotizing himself just before the procedure.
S: SGU 5x5 is a companion podcast to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, a weekly science podcast brought to you by the New England Skeptical Society in association with skepchick.org. For more information on this and other episodes, visit our website at www.theskepticsguide.org. Music is provided by Jake Wilson.