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Sakel

American  
[zah-kuhl] / ˈzɑ kəl /

noun

  1. Manfred (Joshua), 1906–57, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Austria.


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"We would hear what you can tell touching a rumour brought to us by one Master Launcelot Sakel, whom you saw at Christina Fort," said the Proprietary.

From Project Gutenberg

Dr. Manfred Joshua Sakel, 57, Austrian-born U.S. psychiatrist, originator of insulin shock treatment for schizophrenia; of a heart attack; in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week in Manhattan, 70 of the world's leading experts on brain processes met at a New York Academy of Medicine symposium sponsored jointly by the Manfred Sakel Institute* and the Foundation for Research on the Nervous System.

From Time Magazine Archive

Several years ago Dr. Manfred Sakel, 36, a University of Vienna psychiatrist, cured morphine addicts by dosing them with insulin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since the problem of curing a schizophrenic is the problem of shaking up his ingrown personality, Dr. Sakel tried shocking doses of insulin on Viennese schizophrenics.

From Time Magazine Archive