Chullin (56b) A gentile once saw a man fall from the roof to the ground so that his belly burst open and his entrails protruded. The gentile thereupon brought the son of the victim and by an optical illusion made out as if he slaughtered him in the presence of the father. The father became faint, sighed deeply and drew in his entrails; whereupon his belly was immediately stitched up.
Hypnosis to allow for surgery.
ReplyDeleteThis was before anesthetics