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Eliere J. Tolan

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"MODEL PSYCHOSIS" PRODUCED BY INHALATION OF GASOLINE FUMES

American Journal of Psychiatry February 1, 1964 Eliere J. Tolan, F. A. Lingl 37 citations

Two teen-age cases of toxic psychosis associated with gasoline inhalation are described and compared with the so-called "model psychoses" evoked by mescaline, LSD =25 and psilocybin. The symptoms were predominantly autonomic, perceptual and affective. The perceptual experiences included much personnally significant symbolic content. The inhaling of gasoline quickly became a tempting recurrent...