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15628023

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Chemicals that could be used scientifically to force an individual to tell the truth - dubbed truth sera - were first described in the early 1920s. Ever since, the notion of "truth drugs" has remained tenaciously within popular culture. One of the most important reasons for the survival of the notion of a pharmaceutical technology of authenticity was the role of the barbiturates sodium amytal and sodium pentothal in psychiatric research and treatment during the 1930s through the 1950s. This article traces that history, giving special emphasis to the role of motion pictures. The article argues that researchers were seeking to develop a technology of authenticity (rather than of the truth per se). It examines how they used motion pictures to help them develop and disseminate this technology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
Q
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1093-4510
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
HMD
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
367-401
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Screening selves: sciences of memory and identity on film, 1930-1960.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Chicago.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article