PSYC 4039 : MM Exam 3 Notes
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If you could shock a mental person you could shock them back into a state of sanity. Liquid chloral called knockout drops: mickey finn liquid chloral added to alcohol, has very hypnotic effects, paraldehyde, discovered in 1829, introduced into medicine in 1882. Less potent and less toxic than chloral: bromides. If the teeth were pulled and the tonsils were removed and the mental illness remained, he assumed the infection was somewhere else. Infected colon: diagnosis problem is many infections were hidden. Insulin coma therapy: manfred joshua sakel 1900-1957. Insulin is a protein hormone secreted by the pancreas that causes tissues to take up glucose. In doing so, it causes hypoglycemia: deprive the brain of glucose leading to seizures and coma. Insulin was discovered by banting and best in 1921. Lichterfelde sanitorium: catered to wealthy drug addicts. In 1933 he returned to vienna: a sad figure he was not liked, he was quick tempered, arrogant, and dogmatic.
