http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/ed10f1701a537571c4caeef3644623f2.pdf 08f2635fd18f48d6334a3311a165a8b7 PDF Text Text DatezFebruary 22, 1996 TO: D.R. Milne FAX # 419 382-2378 Total Pages (including this sheet)-1- Dear Mr. Milne, I do not participate in public debates except for and with mypeers. The tragedy in public discussions of electroshock is the anger shown by many in the laity and some in my profession to the mentally ill. The same persons who would undergo coronary artery bypass surgery or hysterectomy or other surgery with alacrity are distressed out of all proportion at the idea of electricity coursing through their brains, not realizing that their brains are hotbeds of electrical circuits already. You would do better to ask the question: Why is it that E CT is available at the leading academic centers in the nation but not in almost all the state and veterans administrationpublic mental hospitals? Why do we have a two-tier treatment program? [It is notfinancial since mentally ill patients are equally likely to be admitted to the academic hospitals in your state as to the publicfacilities.] Try the professor ofpsychiatry in your [or any] state and its commissioner of mental health. Max Fink From: Max Fink, M.D. P.O. Box 457 St. James, New York 11780 FAX: 516 862-8604 TEL: 516 862-6651 �Date: Feb 21, 1996 TO: Mr. D. Milne L9 FAX # 419 382-23175 Total Pages (including this sheet)-lDear Mr. Milne, The essay by Gary Figiel is in the nature of ‘Chicken Little’s fears. The four articles to which he refers find no justification for the routine use of labetolol or esmolol other than the anxiety of the physicians. ECT is no more riskful to the heart than climbing a flight of steps -- indeed, less so. More harm is probably done by routine use of anti-hypertensives than by unmodified seizures, since severe and persistent hypotension is a common accompaniment of such use. If you publish such anxious statements, perhaps at the least you would ask the author to specify what he means by ‘MAJOR’ and what he means by “MINOR’ effects. Also, a complication is an unexpected, and potentially damaging event. You may ask the author what the consequent ‘complications’ were in the unmedicated series. I will not consider a reply. You do no service by such publication. Max Fink From: Max Fink, M.D. P.O. Box 457 St. James, New York 11780 FAX: 516 862-8604 TEL: 516 862-6651 � 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: Milne, D.R. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-033-7-141 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996 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