General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane (GPI), paralytic dementia, or syphilitic paresis is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder...
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Lunatic asylum (redirect from Insane asylum)
particularly, the 1930s. Among these, we may note the Austrian psychiatrist Julius Wagner-Jauregg's malarial therapy for general paresis of the insane (or neurosyphilis)...
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Lobotomy (redirect from Laws regarding lobotomy in the United States of America)
during this experimental era, including malarial therapy for general paresis of the insane (1917), deep sleep therapy (1920), insulin shock therapy (1933)...
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syphilis was once a common form of dementia. This was known as the general paresis of the insane. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Summer 2007, pp...
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Pyrotherapy (category History of medicine)
more effective measure in the 1940s. The general paresis of the insane caused by neurosyphilis was effectively overcome by the method. Pyrotherapy was also...
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syphilis. He also proposed pentavalent arsenic as a treatment for general paresis of the insane. "Sézary cells": An atypical T-lymphocyte that contains vacuoles...
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his book Lost in America; A Journey with my Father (2003). General paresis of the insane "Pel's Crisis". Retrieved December 14, 2009.[permanent dead...
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(GPIs) Generic Product Identifier, a drug classification system General paresis of the insane Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, an enzyme Glycosylphosphatidylinositol...
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Malaria therapy (category History of medicine)
Wagner-Jauregg and the legacy of malarial therapy for the treatment of general paresis of the insane". The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 86 (2):...
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Frank Miles (section Jack the Ripper suspect)
Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2010. 'General paralysis of the insane' or 'General paresis of the insane' was a term...
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