Charcot, Mitchell and Lees: neurology free thinkers and their experiences of psychoactive drugs.
Hélio A G Teive, Francisco M B Germiniani, Pedro A Kowacs, Renato P Munhoz
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria December 1, 2016 DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20160160 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Hashish Mescal Yagé |
| Topics | Cannabis Mescaline |
| Keywords | Humans Nervous system diseases Psychotropic drugs Neurology History, 19th century History, 20th century History, 21st century United states France England |
| Key points | The text recounts that three prominent neurologists—Charcot, Mitchell, and Lees—each experimented with a psychoactive drug (hashish, mescal, and yagé, respectively) in an attempt to better understand neurological diseases and brain function. |
Abstract
Three world-famous neurologists, Charcot and Mitchell, in the 19th century, and Lees, in this century, all of whom had great scientific curiosity, experimented with the psychoactive drugs hashish, mescal and yagé, respectively, in an attempt to increase their knowledge of neurological diseases and how the brain works.
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Other theoretical and historical papers on mescaline, most cited first.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia: A New Approach. II. Result of a Year's Research | 1954 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Thought insertion as a self-disturbance: An integration of predictive coding and phenomenological approaches | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Entactogens: How the Name for a Novel Class of Psychoactive Agents Originated | 2022 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Steric and Electronic Relationships among Some Hallucinogenic Compounds | 1970 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| EFFECT OF DRUGS One individual | 1952 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | n = 1 |