Mother’s Little Helper: Psychiatry, Gender, and the Rise of Psychopharmaceuticals
Dig: A History Podcast
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Anti-Psychotics - What Is Thorisine?
In 19 forty nine, french naval doctor henri lab discovered that certain antihistomines caused sailors under his care to enter a euphoric quietude. French scientists then experimented with the drug until they created chlorpromosine,. Unlike existing drugs like barbituits and morphine, it had the power to sedate while allowing the patient to remain conscious. Their new drug, be thorisine, initially referred to as a major tranquillizer or neuraleptic, to day, considered an anti psycotic. Patients on the drug were conscious, but sedate. One study described the effect this way: Seated or lying down, the patient is motionless on his bed, often pale
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