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                  <text>July 15.

Professor Necnettin Polvsn
Department of Neuropsychiatry
University of Istanbul

Istanbul,

I was very pleased to receive your kind invitation to visit
during my forthcoming trip to Europe. Dr. Itil has spoken
most highly of your'programs. and has described the beauties
'and pleasures of Istanbul so well, that I an delighted to
accept your invitation.

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I have had some difficulty in making arrangements. but it
is now established that I will be arriving in Istanbul on
Thursday, August l3.‘ I‘an scheduled to leave Istanbul at
noon on Sunday. August 16. I will be pleased to visit with

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you on Friday.

There are two subjects of great interest to me. and I would.
be pleased to discuss either one with you. ‘For many years, I
have been interested in the node of action of convulsive
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therapy in the treatment of the mentally
come to the view that convulsive therapy is a form of controlled trauma to the nervous system. and that the beneficial
effects are the result of the brain changes induced. These
changes are best reflected by chemical changes in spinal fluid.

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other principal interest is in the extension of this theory
to the mode of action of psychotropic drugs. For the past few
years I have devoted cost of my research energies to the anal.ysis and evaluation of the patterns of brain wave changes with
psychotropic drugs. I would be pleased to describe the various
patterns found as well as the many new methods. including computer analysis for EEG analysis. It was through these studies
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that I came to know Dr. Itil.
excellent collaboration.

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wife and son will be with me on this trip, and for this
reason I hnvo rnquastcd accommodations at the Istanbul—Hilton.

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Sincerely yours,
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