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A note on some therapeutic implications of the mescaline-induced state

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The clinical and laboratory data following the inections of mescaline sulfate and chlorpromazine hydrochloride are briefly reported. The relative importance of each drug, the physiological mechanisms involved, and the psychodynamic factors implicated in the clinical remissions are now being intensively investigated under rigidly controlled conditions.

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  1. Manhattan State Hospital (H. C. B. D.), Ward's Island, N. Y.

    Herman C. B. Denber M. D. & Sidney Merlis M. D.

  2. Central Islip State Hospital (S. M.), Central Islip, N. Y.

    Herman C. B. Denber M. D. & Sidney Merlis M. D.

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Denber, H.C.B., Merlis, S. A note on some therapeutic implications of the mescaline-induced state. Psych Quar 28, 635–640 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01567079

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