Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Attonitas

Psychiatry

Also known as: Attonic state, Stupor

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

This article defines attonitas as an older psychiatric term used to describe stuporous states. It notes that, according to Kahlbaum, attonitas represents the third stage of catatonia.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

ATTONITAS, ATTONIC STATE, stupor, a term which old psychiatrists used to define stuporous states; according to Kahlbaum, attonitas represents the third stage of catatonia.

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“Attonitas.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/attonitas/