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Published Online: November 1940

FURTHER EXPERIENCES WITH PICROTOXIN AS A CONVULSANT IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESSES

ABRAHAM A. LOW, ELIZABETH MACDOUGALL, EDWARD ROSS, MANDEL SACHS, and DAVID LEVITINAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 97, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.3.686

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1. A report is given of 102 patients treated with picrotoxin as convulsant. 64 of the patients received a combination of picrotoxin with metrazol.

2. The combined treatment reduces nausea and vomiting to a minimum. Multiple convulsions occurred in two instances only. Terror was absent, and the paroxysm was induced in a conveniently short time.

3. Complications were approximately the same in type and frequency as when picrotoxin or metrazol alone were used.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 97 • Number 3 • November 1940

Pages: 686 - 690

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Published in print: November 1940

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ABRAHAM A. LOW

The Psychiatric Institute (H. Douglas Singer, Director) of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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ELIZABETH MACDOUGALL

The Psychiatric Institute (H. Douglas Singer, Director) of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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EDWARD ROSS

The Psychiatric Institute (H. Douglas Singer, Director) of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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MANDEL SACHS

The Psychiatric Institute (H. Douglas Singer, Director) of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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DAVID LEVITIN

The Psychiatric Institute (H. Douglas Singer, Director) of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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