I contend that the subject can even be made to commit murder under hypnosis-or, rather, an unintentional homicide, if you please-if the suggestion in question is given in a manner misleading the senses or concealing the final result. To make the argument more conclusive, suppose you are challenged (in the normal waking state, again) to play a practical joke on a friend of yours, by putting some sleeping powder (or laxative) into his coffee. You may be tempted to do so, if you are in a proper frame of mind. And in all probability you will not investigate to discover whether the powder you had been handed is actually a harmless somniferous drug. It might be a poison! Now, if there is a chance of being made an unconscious partner to a murder plot in ordinary circumstances, there is obviously a greater probability of being so fooled under hypnosis. And perhaps to be made to forget the act!
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