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Published Online: May 1945

THE USE OF DEMEROL IN ARTIFICIAL FEVER

THOS. J. HELDT, NICHOLAS P. DALLIS, and WILLIAM J. O'CONNELLAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 101, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.101.6.789

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The use of demerol hydrochloride in 22 cases receiving artificial fever therapy in the Kettering hypertherm is reported. This represented a total of 165 treatments. The youngest patient was seventeen years and the oldest was sixty-five years of age.

Treatments were usually given at weekly intervals with the temperature maintained between 105 and 107 degrees Fahrenheit for three to five hours.

In 5 cases there was opportunity to compare demerol with the use of other drugs. In all such clinical comparisons demerol was found to be superior from a standpoint of management, safety and comfort of the patient. [See table In Source PDF].

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 101 • Number 6 • May 1945

Pages: 789 - 792

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Published in print: May 1945

Published online: 1 April 2006

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THOS. J. HELDT

The Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

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NICHOLAS P. DALLIS

The Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

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WILLIAM J. O'CONNELL

The Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

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THE USE OF DEMEROL IN ARTIFICIAL FEVER

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