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Physician Sakel applied insulin shock therapy to treat schizophrenia, inducing a comatose state in patients and then reviving them with intravenous glucose.
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UnverifiedJohn Nash received insulin shock treatment at Trenton State Hospital, and the hospital had originally planned to perform a lobotomy on him but ultimately did not carry it out.66% similarUnverifiedA full course of insulin shock therapy required as many as 60 coma inductions, had a mortality rate of between 1% and 5%, and caused brain damage and obesity.64% similar
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