http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/23f1b91379dd18caa4ad2b11af3bf498.pdf 025a0a85a5cd44b5dc2f10f46fbaecf7 PDF Text Text - October 11, 1986 .“W—Wr Alexander Gralnick, M.D. High Point Hospital Port Chester, New York 1057 3 ~ Dear Al, fiwvvm—m-Nwmwww—mx—wmrww Thank you for the fine old reprints. I very much enjoyed reading the article on meningioma, as this remains an active topic of research and argument. Mark Altschule‘s recall of the milieu vs shock therapy controversy hinges on an assumption that he makes that modern 'shock therapy' has as poor a clinical efficacy as the swing therapies of old. He is probably correct in his estimate of insulin coma, but incorrect in the modern use of convuslive therapy. With the introduction of psychotropic drugs, it was pomible to develop a strategy of treating the severe mentally ill with the most effective intervention for their syndrome —and, as you well know, the efficacy of ECT in patients with sevre depressions and catatonia remains unmatched by all other therapies, including milieu and psychotherapy. - wvr-zuu—w» continue to look for old articles and books from the inception of the 'modern' shock therapy era, and I will be grateful for any other books or articles you may find in your archives or shelves. I , My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry ' P.S. Irecently wanted to use Metrazol in a patient with a very high seizure threshold, only to find that it has been withdrawn from the market by the FDA. After some travail, I filed the appropriate papers and now have an IND for Metrazole research. In a trip to Hungary this summer, I found that Metrazol was still in use in their mental hospitals, precisely for the cases for which I wish to use it. (With anesthesia, however.) � 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: Gralnick, Alexander Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-030-7-209 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 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