caption death_date death_place birth_place citizenship awards image_size nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
colonel army photograph -rrb- william bleckwenn in australia , 1943 -lrb- us january 6 , 1965 -lrb- age 69 -rrb- winter haven , florida astoria york , queens , new york city , new united states legion of merit 150px united states medicine ; psychiatry ; neurology ; psychopharmacology university of wisconsin -- madison july 23 , 1895 research in neurology & psychiatry winter haven , florida colonel_william_bleckwenn . jpg , _ u.s. _ army , _ in_australia_1943 william bleckwenn
 william j. bleckwenn university columbia university college of physicians and surgeons -lrb- m.d. -rrb- of wisconsin -- madison -lrb- b.s. -rrb- ;
william bleckwenn

william jefferson bleckwenn -lrb- july 23 , 1895 - january 6 , 1965 -rrb- was an american neurologist , psychiatrist , and military physician , who was instrumental in developing the treatment known as `` narcoanalysis '' or `` narcosynthesis . ''
the lay-description for that process is the administration of `` truth serum . ''
