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24 kwi 2023 · Arfwedson named the new element lithium from the Greek word lithos for stone given its grey, stone-like appearance. Lithium has many remarkable qualities. It is the lightest and least dense solid element in the periodic table with a standard atomic weight of 6.94.
Lithium was first used to treat depressive patients in the latter part of the 19th century, although the hypothesis upon which the therapy was based was actually incorrect.
26 sie 2019 · The intertwined story of Cade and his momentous finding is told in Lithium, a compelling book by US psychiatrist Walter Brown. Bipolar disorder, labelled manic-depressive illness until 1980 ...
The serendipitous story of lithium. Douwe Draaisma praises a gripping history of psychiatry’s most consistently effective medicine. Some. 70 years ago, John Cade, an Australian psychiatrist,...
19 wrz 2014 · Lithium was first discovered as a chemical element in 1817.By the mid-1800s, there was great interest in “urate imbalances”, which were thought to explain a variety of diseases, including mania and depression.
20 maj 2016 · The modern history of lithium started in 1949 with John Cade’s contribution after he noted its specific effect in patients with mania (Cade 1949). In the late 1940s, Australian psychiatrist Cade sought a treatment for “psychotic excitement” (manic-depressive illness).
24 kwi 2021 · In the 1940s, Australian doctor John Cade discovered lithium to be a highly effective treatment for what was then called manic depression.
