Insulin Cure For Insanity

A nurse at the Horace Berk Memorial Hospital prepare an insulin injection for the treatment of insanity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1938. Dr Manfre Sakel of Vienna discovered three years ago that an 'insulin shot shock treatment' causes the body to burn its sugar, depriving the brain of its sole source of energy and often induces violent shock which frequently affects a complete cure of the mental ailment. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
A nurse at the Horace Berk Memorial Hospital prepare an insulin injection for the treatment of insanity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1938. Dr Manfre Sakel of Vienna discovered three years ago that an 'insulin shot shock treatment' causes the body to burn its sugar, depriving the brain of its sole source of energy and often induces violent shock which frequently affects a complete cure of the mental ailment. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
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