http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/ec5f458a59e851ca3e4960d245941d4d.pdf 7969eb361b726f041f27e0987229bf2f PDF Text Text April 17, 1969 Miss Jane Brody New York Times New York, New York Dear Miss Brody: I am v; .4 . .3. “(<1ng pleased to enclose two reports, soon to appear from which may interest your readers. The work is being done by two of our resident psychiatrists. Drs. M. Taylor and R. Levine, and is of significance in our understanding of the this Department. pathogenesis of post-partum psychosis. Two observations are clear: the onset of acute schizophrenia in conceiving women inhibits (destroys) male offspring, for only female infants are born to mothers who conceived within one month of an acute psychosis; and. the onset of acute post-partum forms of schiZOphrenia is associated with the birth of male infants. Both observations are consistent with a concept of a hormonal or humeral substance which stimulates an acute psychosis, transfers from mother to fetus and is inimical to a male fetus. Further, this substance is antagonized (inhibited) by substances from a male fetus, and come into active play, soon after a male infant is delivered. Two reports are enclosed - "Newborn Sex Ratios Associated with and Post- Partum Process Schizophrenia" has been accepted and is soon to appear in Science; "The Interactive Effects of Maternal Schizophrenia and fiffspring Sex" has been submitted to the Society of Biological Psychiatry and will be read on May 3, in Miami Beach. Pre— m- 1. cm ; 513,729: ffimgqms tijwwwlpmwmp 'A'NWWWWW pleased to tell you also that the Section of Neurology and Psychiatry of the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry cited these reports as the best psychiatric paper at the annual residents presentations in February; and the Society of Biological Psychiatry will award them the l969 I am A. E. Bennett Clinical Science Research Award on May 3. in partial fulfillment of elective requirements in the Division of Biological Psychiatry of this Department. We may be reached at 369-8488 or 369-7900 (x 245) for furhter information. The work was undertaken I trust this is of interest. “537»: Sincerely yours, Mr. ‘,"§E%§1Wfl,mf’f“fxtb Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Max ' :‘I‘EWi‘Wfflfi ('1'? MF:kp � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Brody, Jane Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-023-2-129 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence