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An Unusual Complication of Insulin Shock (Hypoglycæmic) Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

C. B. Molony
Affiliation:
Limerick Mental Hospital
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Salm (1) has recently described stuporous conditions which developed in schizophrenic patients undergoing the insulin shock treatment. He concludes that such cases constitute a serious problem, because, if they do not yield to the repeated administration of sugar, one is at a loss in regard to specific treatment.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1937 

References

1 Salm, , Münch, med. Wochenschr., Munich, July 2, 1937, 84, pp. 1046–9 (abstract in Brit. Med. Journ., August 28, 1937).Google Scholar
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