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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 105
  • Number 6
  • December 1948

Article

Publication date: 01 December 1948

Pages410–416

1. Two years' experience with Mesantoin shows it to be a highly valuable anticonvulsant drug. It can be used alone in the control of grand mal, especially Jacksonian attacks. It may be of some benefit in psychomotor seizures. 2. We have found that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.6.410

Publication date: 01 December 1948

Pages429–434

1. The physiological and psychological effects of i. v. pervitin, sodium amytal, and benzedrine were studied in 75 psychiatric cases. 2. Pervitin has cephalotropic and sympathecotropic effects. It is a more potent cephalotropic and less potent ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.6.429

Publication date: 01 December 1948

Pages435–438

1. The technique of administering 5 c. c. coramine, intravenously, followed by electrically induced convulsions is reported in 100 consecutive cases. 2. The method has proved of value in reducing manic excitement quickly and dramatically with as few as ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.6.435

Publication date: 01 December 1948

Pages439–442

In a review of the electroencephalographic findings in patients with postencephalitic behavior disorder and postencephalitic parkinsonism, the following observations were made: 1. Of 15 cases with postencephalitic behavior disorder, 13 (87%) showed some ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.6.439

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