This page contains publications related to hallucinogenic drugs that can be found on the Timeline. They are listed here in chronological order.
As will be see from the earlier entries, drugs (including gas) administered in the dental surgery and the operating theatre have long been known to generate not simply hallucinations but sexual fantasies, especially in women.
The same can of course be said of alcohol as well as other common or garden drugs, be they over-the-counter, prescription or recreational. These are not listed on this page but if you wish to explore this subject more fully I would suggest in the first instance that you check out the Rodney Anderson page and follow the links.
The False Rape Timeline hangout for May 6, 2023 is a discussion, mostly, of allegations of sexual impropriety against dentists. If you find that of interest, you might also like the hangout for February 22, 2019.
October 27, 1858: The letter published here headed HALLUCINATION WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CHLOROFORM does not concern an actual false rape allegation (unless the dentist alluded to was wrongly convicted) but it is important because it shows that even in the mid-19th Century the hallucinatory effects of substances such as chloroform were known.
As the reader will see, it was published originally in the Louisville Journal of July 9 that year – actually the Louisville Daily Journal. I managed to find an albeit extremely faint copy of this, which may or may not be complete. At any rate, I could not find the actual letter, perhaps the citation is wrong?
1905: Taylor’s Principles And Practice Of Medical Jurisprudence
The above textbook has its own page.
February 1986: Fantasies during benzodiazepine sedation in women by J.W. Dundee.
According to the official website (accessed May 23, 2023), the SAAD Digest is published annually in February, so I presume this short article was, but as can be seen from the header, I have copied it from a later publication. See below for further entries by John Dundee.
1988: Anterogade Amnesia as a Possible Postoperatve Complication of Midazolam as an Agent for Intravenous Conscious Sedation by Stanley F. Malamed, Donald Nikchevich Junior, and James Block is published.
The above paper from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry is included in the July 1989 paper by John Dundee (below).
July 1989: Further Data on Sexual Fantasies During Benzodiazepine Sedation by J.W. Dundee is published.
This paper has a TABLE 1 but no TABLE 2; it includes a second paper: Anterogade Amnesia..., see entry for 1988 (above); the citations belong to this paper.
October 1, 1989: SEX ‘DREAMS’ BITE HOME by Sue Corbett is published.
The Sunday LIFE is a major Irish newspaper. As can be seen from the text, the academic named herein, John Dundee (1921-91), was based in the Emerald Isle; he was actually an Irishman born in Northern Ireland. (Not that it matters but in 1921, the whole of Ireland was ruled by Britain). Dundee’s name appears on this page several times, including above. I have not bothered to search but I have no doubt that many variations on this report were published worldwide. This one is included purely as an anchor.
January 20, 1990: Benzodiazepines and sexual fantasies is published by Diana Brahams.
The above short article is published in THE LANCET, page 157, as can be seen. Before she retired to pursue her original career as a painter, Diana Brahams was a barrister. There are three citations: one from her, two from that Dundee bloke.
February 17, 1990: Benzodiazepine sex fantasies: acquittal of dentist is published. I scanned this from the Medico-Legal Journal, Volume 58, Number 2 wherein the report is so dated. The reader will also see it is a reprint from The Lancet, which is where this date comes from presumably.
None of the above is important but it should be noted that the name of the main subject is Neil Larah rather than George Larah. He can be found on the Timeline at February 5, 1990. I have to say I do not believe the anecdote about the senior doctor, and I certainly hope it was not true.
July 7, 1990: Intravenous Sedation: The Risk to the Dentist by Martyn Fields is published.
The above is an interesting article about the fantasies that can result from sedation. The two tables on the first page are interesting, to say the least. The name JW Dundee appears in the citations – see John W. Dundee (below).
September 1, 1990: AMOROUS BEHAVIOUR AND SEXUAL FANTASIES FOLLOWING ANAESTHESIA OR SEDATION is published by J S Thomas and N O Boheimer.
The above one page article appeared in the MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL, Volume 58, Part Three. The advice in the final paragraph that a third party should be present during sedation is well warranted, as can be seen from the entries on this page and related entries on the Timeline.
August 1, 1991: Advantages and Problems with Benzodiazepine Sedation by John W. Dundee.
The above article was published in 1992 but this is the date it was accepted for publication. This is very interesting; written by an Emeritus Professor at the Queen’s University, Belfast, it covers the perceived “sexual trespass” some women experience under anaesthetic, and the perils that can face a male dentist when they do.
March 2000: Conscious Sedation by Glenda M. Caley is published.
The above paper by a then military dentist does not mention either rape or false allegations and has only a passing mention of sexual fantasies, but is included here because it is part of the literature related to this at times difficult subject.
February 9, 2003: Sexual hallucinations during and after sedation and anaesthesia by B. Balasubramaniam and G.R. Park. (The date given is the date this article was accepted for publication, not the date it was published).
The above is an interesting article from a medical journal. Most interesting is the observation: “In the absence of physical evidence, it may be difficult to differentiate assault from hallucinations”.
June 2007: Sexual Dreaming during Anesthesia: Early Case Histories (1849‐1888) of the Phenomenon is the full title of this article by Robert A. Strickland and John F. Butterworth IV.
As suggested from its title, this article covers the historical aspect of medical drugs and sexual hallucinations. The first case considered actually dates from October 16, 1846, but as can be seen from the first page, the dentist concerned was convicted, so presumably the girls concerned were not dreaming.
2022: A cross-sectional study of current and lifetime sexual hallucinations and delusions in Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: frequency, characterization, and association with childhood traumatic experiences and disease severity by Sarah Gerges, Chadia Haddad, Tracy Daoud, Christina Tarabay, Mikhael Kossaify, Georges Haddad, and Souheil Hallit is published.
The above is one Hell of a title with one Hell of an authorship credit. This paper is more about mental conditions than about drugs, but hallucinations are present in a big way. It remains to be seen how many of the purported childhood sexual traumas were real rather than delusions.
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