Large cream paper folded in half is a reprint of an article detailing the research found how to treat patients with melancholia with cerebral electrotherapy and the drugs methitural and succinyl choline.
Large cream paper folded in half is a reprint of an article detailing the research found how to treat patients with melancholia with cerebral electrotherapy and the drugs methitural and succinyl choline.
Printed on cover: "Reprinted from // The Journal of The Medical Society of New Jersey - 1957 // THEODORE R. ROBIE. M.D. // Montclair // Methitural in Cerebral Electrotherapy // Most persons can be brought out of a depres- // sion through the use of electronic therapy. While // this procedure is not without risk, this combination // of methitural and succinyl choline will go far to- // wards minimizing the risk. // The methitural used here was in the form of Neraval (Schering) // TECHNIC // CONCLUSIONS"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-
Length
26.9 cm
Width
19.8 cm
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Looks like new
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Research Facts
Drug used in this ECT demonstration is Methitural (INN; Neraval, Thiogenal), or methitural sodium, also known as methioturiate, is a barbiturate derivative which was marketed in the 1950s in Europe (in Germany and Italy) as an ultra-short-acting intravenous anesthetic.
From the booklet: methitural sodium is a new ultrashort-acting thiobarbiturate used as a pre-treatment anesthetic, offers several advantages as adjunctive therapy. It greatly reduces the incidence of apnea, allays apprehension, shortens recovery time and provides for a prompter, calmer awakening after treatment.
Dr. John Wallace (Jack) McDougall (1912-1999). Opened general practice at 35 Garden Street Brockville, across the street from the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in July 1940 and retired in 1985. Graduated from Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine in 1937 and completed his internship in Buffalo NY, married and returned to Brockville in 1940.
Served in WWII in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps joining the No. 1 Field Ambulance Military Hospital eventually becoming its commanding officer at Terrace, B.C then going overseas with the No. 23 Canadian General Hospital in England. Returning to Brockville from the No. 24 General Hospital in December 1945 to resume his medical practice.
Dr McDougall was the local coroner for 20+ years and received numerous awards including From Governor General Roland Michener for his work with St. Johns Ambulance; member of the Brockville Kiwanis Club and Sussex Masonic Lodge No. 5.