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Report on Short-Action Muscle Relaxant Ro/3/0386 in E.C.T.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. A. Saffery
W. A. Saffery*
Affiliation:
Napsbury Mental Hospital
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The use of muscle relaxants as a help in minimizing the hazards of E.C.T. has been reported by a number of workers (Hobson and Prescott, 1947; Davies and Lewis, 1949; Shepherd and Watts, 1949; Smith and Thomas, 1951; and Thompson and Norton, 1951). From these observations the value of such substances in reducing the muscular force of electrically-induced convulsions is clear. Nevertheless the trial of a new substance was embarked upon in order to establish whether it approaches more closely the ideal drug for the purpose.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 99 , Issue 414 , January 1953 , pp. 154 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1953 

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