PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON CONVULSIVE AND SUBCONVULSIVE TREATMENTS INDUCED BY INTERMITTENT PHOTIC STIMULATION
GEORGE A. ULETT PH. D., M. D.1
1 The Department of Neuropsychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Research Laboratories of the Malcolm Bliss Psychopathic Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
A method is discussed for producing convulsive and subconvulsive treatment by means of intermittent photic stimulation following preliminary administration of a convulsant drug. The results of varying such factors as amount of drug, speed of injection, and frequencies of light stimulus are given. Types of reaction produced and the possible therapeutic results and experimental implications of this method are discussed.
