dauerschlaf

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Dauerschlaf, from Dauer (duration, length) + Schlaf (sleep).

Noun

dauerschlaf (uncountable)

  1. A prolonged sleep therapy.
    • 1968, Ernest Hartmann, “DAUERSCHLAF: AN EEG STUDY”, in Psychophysiology, volume 4, number 3, pages 388–389:
      REPORTS THE CONTINUOUS POLYGRAPHIC RECORDINGS MADE OF SS UNDERGOING DAUERSCHLAF, A PROLONGED SLEEP THERAPY USED FOR ACUTE PSYCHOSES AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
    • 1968 Jan, Ernest Hartmann, “Dauerschlaf: A Polygraphic Study”, in Arch Gen Psychiatry, volume 18, number 1, page 99:
      THIS STUDY reports on continuous 70 to 96 hour polygraphic recordings from patients undergoing dauerschlaf or prolonged sleep therapy.
    • 1977 Nov, “Requiem or Reveille: Psychiatry's Choice.”, in Bull N Y Acad Med., volume 53, number 9, page 797:
      We fully used the therapeutic enthusiasms of our day, with dauerschlaf, insulin, pentavalent arsenicals, and Kettering hypertherm.
    • 1987, Nathaniel Kleitman, Sleep and Wakefulness, Univ. of Chicago Press, →ISBN:
      The induction of sleep for therapeutic purposes, so-call sleep cure or Dauerschlaf, has been practiced for many years …
    • 1999, Douglas Thomas, Physiological Foundations, →ISBN, page 448:
      In insulin hypoglycemia and barbiturate medication (Dauerschlaf) …
    • 2009, Charles Pollak, Michael J. Thorpy, Jan Yager, The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders, Infobase, →ISBN, page 59:
      dauerschlaf See SLEEP THERAPY
    • 2009, Thomas Szasz, Coercion As Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry, Transaction, →ISBN, page 103:
      Dauerschlaf: Requiescat in Pace