Malaria therapy in Spain: 100 years after its introduction as a treatment for the general paralysis of the insane
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DOI: 10.1177/0957154x20918824
Abstract: This article addresses the implementation of malaria fever therapy in Spain. Neuropsychiatrist Rodríguez-Lafora first used it in 1924, but Vallejo-Nágera was the main advocate for the technique. He had learned the method from Wagner von… read more here.
Keywords: general paralysis; treatment; therapy spain; treatment general ... See more keywords