Facets

1936 CE

#4659

A virus isolated in 1935 epidemic of summer encephalitis in Japan.

T. Taniguchi, M. Hosokawa, and S. Kuga established a virus etiology for Japanese B encephalitis.

1957 CE

#4729.1

Degenerative disease of the central nervous system in New Guinea. The endemic occurrence of “Kuru” in the native population.

First description of Kuru, a disease occurring in natives of New Guinea. Cause of the disease was unknown. "It is now widely accepted that kuru was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via f…

1937 CE

#4671

Infantile paralysis and cerebral diplegia: Methods used for the restoration of function.

1908 CE

#8246

Insanity in India: Its symptoms and diagnosis; with reference to the relation of crime and insanity.

Includes considerable discussion of the psychoactive effects of cannabis. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1949 CE

#1930.1

Lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic excitement.

The first clinical trial of lithium.

1988 CE

#10029

Managing madness: Psychiatry and society in Australia 1788-1980.

2004 CE

#10759

Narcotic culture: A history of drugs in China.

1931 CE

#4959

Rauwolfia serpentina, a new Indian drug for insanity and high blood pressure.

Introduction of reserpine in the treatment of psychoses.

1933 CE

#1923

The pharmacological action of an alkaloid obtained from Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. A preliminary note.

R. N. Chopra, J. C. Gupta, and B. Mukherjee demonstrated the sedative and hypotensive effect of an alkaloid isolated from Rauwolfia serpentina (reserpine).

2015 CE

#8012

U. S. Army psychiatry in the Vietnam War: New challenges in extended counterinsurgency warfare.

1934 CE

#4657

Übertragung des Virus von Encephalitis epidemica auf Affen.

Experimental transmission of Japanese B encephalitis.

1928 CE

#4654

Ueber die Encephalitis epidemica in Japan.

Japanese encephalitis distinguished from encephalitis lethargica.