{"title":"The first era of lithium in medicine. An historical note.","authors":"F N Johnson, A Amdisen","doi":"10.1055/s-2007-1017450","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A brief review is presented of the use of lithium salts in me diesl practice before 1949. The present-day indicetions for lithium, in the treatment of affective dilOrders, are seen to have been anticipated in the second half of the ninlteenth century, although the rationale for its use was subs8Quently found to be erroneous.","PeriodicalId":19840,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacopsychiatria","volume":"16 2","pages":"61-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1983-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1055/s-2007-1017450","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pharmacopsychiatria","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1017450","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A brief review is presented of the use of lithium salts in me diesl practice before 1949. The present-day indicetions for lithium, in the treatment of affective dilOrders, are seen to have been anticipated in the second half of the ninlteenth century, although the rationale for its use was subs8Quently found to be erroneous.