At Camarillo State Hospital, he worked off and on at the “insulin shock ward” from 1939 to 1941. It was a 20-bed dorm for the treatment of schizophrenia in the desperate era before ...

It was an August day when Sharon, who is diabetic, nearly went into insulin shock. Samantha sensed her mom was in danger and called 911 for help. “Mommy’s sick,” Samantha said on the call to ...

Induction of hypoglycemia (usually by intravenous administration of insulin, 0.1 unit per kilogram of body weight) has been widely used for this purpose. A profound fall in plasma glucose ...