Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Om Periodiske Depressionstilstande og deres Patogenese.
Copenhagen: Jacob Lunds Forlag, 1886.
Lange was the first to use a mixture of drugs containing lithium carbonate for the preventive treatment of periodic depression. This work contains the “first unequivocal account of prophylactic drug treatment for an exclusively psychiatric–as distinct from physical–condition” (Johnson).
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #1883.01 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/2534 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | om-periodiske-depressionstilstande-og-deres-patogenese |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Copenhagen