The medical correspondent of the "Daily News" states: The use of twilight sleep in obtaining "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing "put the truth" from persons accused of criminal acts is the subject of a paper (the full text of which has just reached England) read before the State Medical Association of Texas by Dr. T. House, of Ferris, Texas.
Two tests were made, with the consent of the District Attorney, under the supervision of the County Health Officer. In both the prisoners were able to prove by corroboration that they were wrongly convicted.
A man, serving a long sentence for alleged robbery and murder in 1915, was put under morphine and scopolamine, and then lightly an-anesthetized with chloroform.
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