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New York, NY: JOSIAH MACY Jr. FOUNDATION, 1955-1956. First 3 conference proceedings of the series. Acceptable to good minus with library pockets and spine labels removed, dulled spines. Good working, research copies. Institutional stamp marked out with black marker in all 3 volumes. The first 3 conferences -- 1954, 1955 and 1956 -- feature early LSD experiments and other investigations into psychotomimetic drugs. Papers and participation by the who's who of early experimentation and application including: Abramson Grinker, Cantoni, Hoch, Jarvik, Richter, Masserman. The series was attended by Mead, Bateson and their cadres of colleagues in the Cold War, psychological warfare and intelligence communities as well as by medical, psychiatric, and chemical researchers in the new field. Pivotal papers from the first 3 conferences include: First conference papers, "Considerations of Effects of Pharmacological Agents on the Over-All Circulation and Metabolism of the Brain" (Kety); Second conference papers, "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and Related Compounds" (Cerletti), ""Effects of Drugs on the Behavior of Animals and on Psychoses of Man" (Sherwood), "Experimentally Induced Psychoses in Man" (Rinkel). Third conference papers include: "Blocking of the LSD-25 Reaction in Siamese Fighting Fish" (Abramson); "Effect of LSD-25 on Snails" (Jarvik); and a major paper by Joel Elkes, father of modern neuropsychopharmacology, "Effects of Psychosomimetic Drugs in Animals and Man", with a pull out chart of substances and effects in 9 cases of Catatonic Stupor". Each paper is followed by a transcript of participant discussion. Volume 1 has profiles of each of the players. These first 3 MACY Neuropharmacology conferences, organized by Harold Abramson are SCARCE. Harold Alexander Abramson (1899 ? 1980) was an American physician (allergist and pediatrician) remembered as an early advocate of therapeutic LSD. He played a significant role in the CIA's MKULTRA program to investigate the possible applications for LSD. While at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1953, Abramson proposed an $85,000 study to the CIA on the effects of LSD on unwitting hospital patients. This was the same year that the MKULTRA program was established. Funding for the project was funneled through the Macy Foundation. Due to size or weight, this item may require additional postage for international or priority shipping.
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