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Psychosomatic Medicine 19:191-198 (1957)
© 1957 American Psychosomatic Society

On the Phenomenon of Sudden Death in Animals and Man

CURT P. RICHTER Ph.D.1

1 Psychobiological Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Md.

A phenomenon of sudden death has been described that occurs in man, rats, and many other animals apparently as a result of hopelessness; this seems to involve overactivity primarily of the parasympathetic system. In this instance as in many others, the ideas of Walter Cannon opened up a new area of interesting, exciting research.




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