Malaria therapy for general paralysis of the insane at the Sunbury Hospital for the Insane in Australia, 1925-6.

IF 0.3 3区哲学 Q4 HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

History of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1177/0957154X221120757

Alison Clayton

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Abstract

This paper, drawing on the published medical literature and unpublished medical record archives, provides an in-depth account of the introduction of malaria therapy for general paralysis of the insane into Australia in 1925-6, at Victoria's Sunbury Hospital for the Insane. This study reveals a complex and ambiguous picture of the practice and therapeutic impact of malaria therapy in this local setting. This research highlights a number of factors which may have contributed to some physicians overestimating malaria therapy's effectiveness. It also shows that other physicians of the era held a more sceptical attitude towards malaria therapy. Finally, this paper discusses the relevance of this history to contemporary psychiatry.

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1925- 1925年，澳大利亚桑伯里精神病医院对全面性瘫痪的精神病患者的疟疾治疗。

本文根据已发表的医学文献和未发表的医疗记录档案，深入介绍了1925-6年在澳大利亚维多利亚森伯里精神病医院引入疟疾治疗神经病全面性瘫痪的情况。这项研究揭示了疟疾治疗在当地的实践和治疗效果的复杂和模糊的情况。这项研究强调了一些可能导致一些医生高估疟疾治疗效果的因素。这也表明那个时代的其他医生对疟疾治疗持更怀疑的态度。最后，本文讨论了这段历史与当代精神病学的相关性。

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