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Lesions of the Spinal Column Resulting from Convulsion Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

G. Kraus
G. Kraus*
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From the Provincial Mental Hospital, Santpoort, Holland
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In the literature the opinion is repeatedly expressed that Von Meduna's convulsion therapy, which is so frequently applied, is a comparatively harmless treatment, and that this method, provided the necessary precautions are taken, occasions more or less serious complications only in rare cases. This notion, however, is contradicted by the observations of others, as well as by our own experience. Lesions of the skeleton and affections of the lungs (putrid pulmonary abscesses and activation of latent tuberculosis) are first among the serious complications which may arise from convulsion therapy.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 86 , Issue 360 , January 1940 , pp. 76 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1940 

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