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pentylenetetrazol [¦pent·əl‚ēn′te·trə‚zȯl]
(pharmacology) C6H10N4A central nervous system stimulant used as an analeptic. Pentylenetetrazol or leptazol, a medicinal preparation that exerts a stimulating effect on the central nervous system and stimulates respiration and blood circulation; in large doses it induces convulsions. It is taken internally (in tablets) or injected intramuscularly, subcutaneously, or intravenously (in solution) to stimulate cardiovascular activity and respiration and as a means of terminating or attenuating narcosis; it is sometimes used in convulsive therapy for schizophrenia. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | He first used potentially toxic camphorated oil injections, and later tried pentylenetetrazol, commercially known as either Cardiazol or Metrazol, but neither succeeded. Then came the shock treatments: insulin, metrazol, and electroshock; lobotomy, which won the 1949 Nobel Prize; and then the drugs. The poem describes some of Solomon's exploits: who threw potato salad at CCNY lecturers on Dadaism and subsequently presented themselves on the granite steps of the madhouse with shaven heads and harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy, and who were given instead the concrete void of insulin Metrazol electricity hydrotherapy psychotherapy occupational therapy pingpong and amnesia, (I. |
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