TRUTH-TELLING DRUG
Scientists at the North-Western Uni- I , e-sity, Chicago, claim to have discovered a serum that will make the whole I world tell the truth. This 1 ‘truth serum'*’ is regarded as an infallible means of breaking down I the silence of criminals and reaching the heart of the most baffling murder | mysteries. The drug’s ingredients are said to depress the nervous system and cause forgetfulness. The serum breaks through inhibitions and obliges the patient to tell the truth. Tn the words of its uwo discoverers, Dr Leonard Keiller and Dr C. W. Muehlberger, ‘‘the truth exists fundamentality in the mind and with inhibitions withdrawn by the drug, it is the first thing to be expressed.” Dr Muehlberger reports that so far 80 per cent, of his patients have been obliged to speak the truth, and he Attributes the failures to insufficiency of the drug.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 137, 12 June 1931, Page 11
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146TRUTH-TELLING DRUG Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 137, 12 June 1931, Page 11
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