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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Chapter One. The Penicillin of Psychiatry? 1
6. Chapter Two. “Some Experiments on the Biological Influencing of the Course of Schizophrenia” 9
7. Chapter Three. “Madness Cured with Electricity” 31
8. Chapter Four. From the University Clinic to the Psychiatric Institute: Shock Therapy Goes Global 49
9. Chapter Five. Th e Couch or the Treatment Table? 83
10. Chapter Six. “ECT Does Not Create Zombies” 103
11. Chapter Seven. “They’re Going to Fry Your Brains!” 142
12. Chapter Eight. The End of “Bedlam” and the Age of Psychopharmacology 164
13. Chapter Nine. The Swinging Pendulum: The Effects of Politics, Law, and Changes in Medical Culture on ECT 181
14. Chapter Ten. Electrogirl and the New ECT 219
15. Chapter Eleven. Magnets and Implants: New Therapies for a New Century? 253
16. Chapter Twelve. Epilogue: Irrational Science 290
17. Notes 299
18. Index 363
19. About the Authors 383