Word: electroshocked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that if hepatitis caused the deaths, the jury must decide whether Weiner's negligence caused his patients to get the disease. From the dead there was only the dubious testimony of death certificates, but patients who had recovered from hepatitis painted a gruesome picture. Weiner relied heavily on electroshock treatments, and estimated that for these he gave infusions of a muscle relaxant in one out of ten cases. He also used narcoanalysis. injecting a barbiturate into an arm vein. Patient after patient testified that he had seen blood from previous use at the ends of syringes and plastic infusion...