Finding Aid for Ladislas J. Meduna Papers, 1942-1959 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Ladislas J. Meduna Papers, 1942-1959

ID: 52/35/20

Primary Creator: Meduna, Ladislas Joseph (1896-1964)

Extent: 3.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: alphabetically and by subject (chronologically)

Subjects: Carbon Dioxide Therapy, Mental Disease, Metrazol Convulsive Therapy, Neuro-Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Psychoneurosis, Psychoses, Schizophrenia

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of Ladislas J. Meduna (1896-1964), a professor of psychiatry (1943-1964), including correspondence with physicians, psychiatrists, department head, publisher and patients concerning carbon dioxide inhalation therapy, metrazol convulsive therapy, publications, research, carbon dioxide symposium, presences of anti-insulinic factor in the blood of schizophrenics, and the nature of psychoses and psychoneuroses.  The series includes notes, notebooks and electroencephalograph tracings concerning research, patient treatment and diagnosis (1942-1950); reprints and mimeographed copies of articles by Dr. Meduna; proceedings of and articles resulting from the Carbon Dioxide Therapy, with reviews of the books; manuscripts of Oneirophrenia; copies of articles and journals; photographs of Dr. Meduna; and card files listing doctors using carbon dioxide therapy, and a wall chart showing experimental data and observations concerning Central and Peripheral Action of CO2 on the nervous system; observations concerning Central and Peripheral Action of carbon dioxide on the nervous system.

This series also contains redacted copies of patient records for Meduna's CO2 patients.

Carbon Dioxide Therapy
Mental Disease
Metrazol Convulsive Therapy
Neuro-Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychoneurosis
Psychoses
Schizophrenia

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 12/21/65

Access Restrictions: BOX 4 ORIGINAL PATIENT RECORDS UNREDACTED

Other Note: 11 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/5235020.pdf

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