sentences:  In short it was intended to be the first step towards the elaboration of therapeutic seminars.For the first few days little happened; but it was evident that amongst patients a great deal of discussion and thinking was taking place"
  
  The experiment had to close after six weeks as the military authorities did not approve of it and ordered the transfer of Bion and Rickman (who were members of the Royal Army Medical Corps).The second Northfield experiment, which was based on the ideas of Bion and Rickman and used group psychotherapy, was started the following year by Siegfried Foulkes, who was more successful at gaining the support of the military authorities.