Word: emma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the children are overactive and irritable, it seems illogical to treat them with pep-pills. Psychiatrists doing research along traditional lines would not have been likely to hit upon this method. The discovery of the drugs' effect was made by Dr. Charles Bradley at the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island in 1937, when he gave Benzedrine to 30 children who had a variety of behavior disorders. The stimulant calmed those who were hyperkinetic, and also improved their school performance. But Bradley's pioneering work was virtually ignored for almost 20 years, mainly perhaps because...