I sent off my last message a bit too quickly. Another interesting item on Nash is at the New York Times site at http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/14/reviews/980614.14singht.html with links to a profile on him by Sylvia Nasar (author of "A Beautiful Mind") and to the first chapter of her book.
The NY Times article says about his insulin treatment: "As each decade passed, the treatments varied. In 1961 for six weeks, five days a week, Nash was injected with insulin to induce a comatose state. If blood-sugar levels dropped too low, patients would suffer spontaneous seizures, sometimes biting their tongues and occasionally breaking bones. Nash described the treatment as torture. The theory was that starving the brain of sugar would kill marginally functioning brain cells, but the therapy was soon phased out because it was considered too expensive and dangerous. The alternative was electroshock therapy. Nash's colleagues and family refused to allow this treatment on the grounds that there was evidence that it numbed the brain, and they believed that the ultimate nightmare for Nash would be to lose his genius. " -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
