[Ads-l] Clinical depression 1920

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Excellent work, Victor and Steven.
However, I wonder whether the term "depression" in these early
citations might refer to the depression of blood pressure, i.e., the
reduction of blood pressure. Also, "depression" might refer to
"cardiac depression" - whatever that is.

The text below is from different articles in the same volume
containing the citation posted by Steven Losie. The cites suggest
alternative interpretations for "depression".

Date: June 17, 1911
Periodical: The Medical Record
Quote Page 1113

[Begin excerpt]
The extract should be of use in peritonitis, in which condition we
have a toxic depression of blood pressure.
[End excerpt]

Date: February 11, 1911
Periodical: The Medical Record
Quote Page 280

[Begin excerpt]
Therapeutic indications: As a general tonic or bitter; in indigestion,
cardiac depression, impaired peristalsis, pneumonia, phthisis,
amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, impotence, some forms of paralysis, . . .
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 4:56 PM Steven Losie <stevenlosie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The following instance appeared in a medical paper entitled "Deductions
> from Clinical Experience in the Use of a Polyvalent Bacterial Vaccine" by
> Dr. J.M. Van Cott, presented to the Medical Society of the State of New
> York on 17 April 1911:
>
> [begin quote]
> The effects lasted seventy-two hours, the only adverse one being muscular
> discomfort. There was no evidence of clinical depression.
> [end quote]
>
> Source: The Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery (New
> York, NY), Vol.79, Iss.16, p.746, col.1
> Date: 22 Apr 1911
> Article title: Society Reports. Medical Society of the State of New York.
> Database: Google Books
> https://books.google.com/books?id=M8U-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA746&dq=clinical+depression
>
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