PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF VAGOTOMY: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Authors: T S SZASZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 February 1948PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF VAGOTOMY: A PRELIMINARY REPORTTHOMAS S. SZASZ, M.D.THOMAS S. SZASZ, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-2-279 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThere has been a great deal of interest in vagotomy, as a therapeutic technic for peptic ulcer, ever since its introduction by Dragstedt1four years ago. Several excellent papers have appeared subsequently on the indications, physiologic effects, and clinical results of this treatment.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7However, no report has appeared in the literature, to date, on any systematic psychiatric studies of patients subjected to vagotomy. Due to the interest and helpful coöperation of Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt and Dr. Walter L. Palmer a study of a number of such patients was made possible. This study has...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Read before the Twenty-Eighth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, May 2, 1947.From the Division of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLife Change and the Postoperative Course of Duodenal Ulcer PatientsPsychosomatic Aspects of VagotomyThe Effect of Psychoanalysis on the Course of Peptic Ulcer: A Preliminary ReportTHE PSYCHOSOMATIC ASPECTS OF CARDIOSPASM*JOHN M. MCMAHON, M.D., FRANCIS I. BRACELAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., HERMAN J. MOERSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 February 1948Volume 28, Issue 2Page: 279-288KeywordsPatientsPeptic ulcersSurgeryVagotomy Issue Published: 1 February 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...