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Word: semisolid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...patients aged 17 to 54 (five men, 21 women) was dosed with chlorpromazine, which increased the sedative effect of barbiturates. By the end of the first week they were sleeping 20 to 22 hours a day. After getting solid food during this week, they were switched to semisolid. They got five units of insulin half an hour before each meal. With the onset of deep sleep, patients were wakened three times a day for meals and toileting. By the tenth day they were put on intensive electroshock treatment-usually one treatment daily, and often receiving four or five shocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Big Sleep | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

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