American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 96
- Number 6
- May 1940
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1295–1309If we consider sero-positive reactions in the feebleminded population as indication of congenital syphilis, the percentage of congenital syphilis is very low—less than 2 per cent. This estimate is, however, based on usually one test and it is known that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1295Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1311–1319The acute onset of general paresis is a dramatic and often catastrophic event in the life of an individual. The initial symptoms have been described as being either a delirium, convulsive seizures, catatonic phenomena, or an acute confusional state. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1311Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1335–1375(1) The tuberculosis mortality rate for patients in the Ontario mental hospitals has shown some tendency to decrease since 1934, yet in 1936, this rate was 14 times as great as that for the Province as a whole. (2) From May 1937 to May 1938, a survey by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1335Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1377–1378None of the drugs studied (benzedrine, coramine, metrazol or ephedrine) was effective in preventing the drowsiness caused by large doses of phenobarbital or bromides in the treatment of epilepsy.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1377Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1379–1388Five cases are described of a psychosis occurring under emotional stress and ending in recovery. This psychosis resembles schizophrenia at many points and differs from schizophrenia in some aspects, especially in the course. As a possible clarification of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1379Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1389–1405(1) The bioelectric potentials from the brain of the rabbit have been studied during metrazol and insulin shock. Insulin, administered subcutaneously, causes a marked increase in the slow wave activity during the coma stage. Cortical potentials during the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1389Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1407–14111. Four cases are presented in which metrazol therapy was successful in inducing a resumption of eating after prolonged refusal of food. 2. Fear, anxiety and apprehension play a determining role in the treatment with metrazol of obstinate refusal of food ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1407Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1429–14391. A study of the anatomy and of the practical considerations of the spine shows that fractures of the vertebral bodies are usual at those areas of the spine that are mechanically weak or exposed to the effects of traumatism. 2. Metrazol acts to cause ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1429Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1441–1454This paper presents a psychiatric and physiologic study of eight groups of patients. Four groups of communicative patients offer confirmation of the difference in physiologic response associated with resistant and nonresistant behavior. In addition we ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.6.1441Publication date: 01 May 1940
Pages1455–1458Differences of convulsive reactivity are manifested when a stimulating agent to the central nervous system is given to a group of individuals. In 84 patients suffering from functional psychoses and with a standard dose of metrazol used as a stimulant, ...
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