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“Brevidil M” As a Muscle Relaxant in Electro-Shock Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. J. Danik
J. J. Danik*
Affiliation:
The Towers Hospital, Leicester
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As modification of electro-shock is becoming a routine procedure in every patient undergoing this therapy, it is necessary to find a muscle relaxant, or as it has been commonly called a “curarizing agent,” which will be ideal for this purpose. Ideal should mean no toxicity, rapid onset, short duration and rapid termination of neuro-muscular blocking action.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 99 , Issue 417 , October 1953 , pp. 800 - 803
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1953 

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