Electro convulsive therapy (ECT) achieves this.
Electrodes are applied to head and an electric shock is applied.
Knowing where and how much is a good idea before you try this :-).
Short term memory is zapped but longer term (chemical :-)) is not.

RM


-----Original Message-----
From: Wagner Lipnharski <wagnerl@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] I'm baaaaaack!


>is there any brain-neuro-surgeon online?
>I heard that exist a place at the human brain, a fresh memory
system, we
>(from electronics) can call it as a high speed cache, that when that
>place is touched the person just lose all last memories from 12 to
72
>hours... that thing exist as a way to, first, select what really
matters
>to store at the main memory, and second, to be able to do a "cache
>clean" in case some very nasty happens to our life, as a terrible
>accident or something like that you wount desire to keep
remembering...
>previous wife or so... <g>...  what about just invite the burgler to
>dinner, and suddenly touch (by any means) the guy's part of the
brain,
>and then just give him a ride to the closest K-Mart or Wall-Mart...?
a
>non-violent solution, isn't?
>