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The alcohol susceptibility skin test

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Nineteen cases of experimental alcoholism are reported; and simultaneous studies of the psychological intoxication level, the alcohol susceptibility skin test and blood alcohol levels are detailed.

Marked correlation is found among these three factors; and this tends to validate by an experimental technique Nagle's claims for the alcohol susceptibility test.

A scale of interpretation evaluations for the skin test reaction is given, together with modifications of Nagle's interpretive valuations.

Theoretical bases for the test are discussed and further necessary avenues of research and study of the susceptibility test are suggested.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York, N. Y.

    Douglas McG Kelley M. D. & S. Eugene Barrera M. D.

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Kelley, D.M., Barrera, S.E. The alcohol susceptibility skin test. Psych Quar 15, 224–248 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563326

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