- seeks out and handles a former subject, conceived to be similar to the immediate subject, in order to clear up misunderstandings in the immediate subject or condition. (HCOB 12 Nov 64)
- Remedy B is former subject. He's got the present immediate subject mixed up with some former subject. So now you've got to find the former subject and find the word in it which hasn't been defined. (SH Spec 47, 6411C17)