SHELL-SHOCK, PITUITRIN, AND BLOOD PRESSURE (EDITH GREEN)
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Southard, Elmer Ernest
Blood pressure, surface temperature, and pulse in a case of functional mutism. (a) On admission, troubled by nightmare. (b) Able to speak in a whisper. (c) Much depressed after bad news. (d) Put on pituitrin. (e) Marked general improvement. (f) Taken off pituitrin.
A-1 Showing the effect of pituitrin on the blood pressure and surface temperature. Each dot is one week’s interval. + is the pressure when the first dose was given. 𐌈 is the point at which the pituitrin was discontinued.