Blossom Pulse Archive
What happened in psychedelic research in 1953
1 event from 1953, dated by when they happened rather than when we logged them. Papers as they published, trials starting and finishing, programme milestones, and the news coverage around them, grouped by week.
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Week of 28 December 1953
Open-label phenomenological characterization study of LSD effects in 23 subjects (4 normal staff volunteers and 19 psychiatric inpatients) at the University of Manchester, UK. A total of 58 oral LSD administrations were given across a wide dose range (10–600 µg). The study documents perceptual, mood, ego, cognitive, and autonomic effects; 6 subjects showed prolonged clinical changes.
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