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The Incidence of Malvaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. O. O'Reilly ,
M. Ernest  and
G. Hughes
P. O. O'Reilly
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry; Union Hospital, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
M. Ernest
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry; Union Hospital, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
G. Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry; Union Hospital, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Hoffer and Mahon (2), using an extraction method of their own, have shown that certain compounds, separated on paper chromatograms, give a mauve colour. This colour comes on slowly over 30 minutes as a pink area which slowly turns mauve and then within a half to 1 hour has a typical mauve appearance. It then begins to fade and usually, within several hours, has gone. The presence of this mauve colour is taken as a positive indication of the presence of these substances, and Hoffer and Mahon state that the majority of schizophrenics have these unknown substances in their urine.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 477 , August 1965 , pp. 741 - 744
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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