Living

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George Lyketsos, 321 New Central Park Ave., Chicago IL, flew from London to New York on a B.O.A.C. flight arriving 22 Sep 1951

MD, FRCPsych; Athens, 1974-1989; Medical Director, Dromokaition Mental Hospital, 1947-1985. According to his son, he lived through the transition to modern psychiatry and was a pioneer in human subject research in an era before regulation.

excerpt from The Story of My Life (1998) by George C. Lyketsos

The first patient finds himself. And then the time came for the great trial…of ECT [Electroconvulsive therapy] in a patient. Thinking of those days I am surprised by my confidence. I had no doubt things would go well. I chose for the trial patient X who had been lost to the world…nobody had shown any interest in him for many years…That morning in March 1946…(the staff) brought X. He was catatonic…We laid him down on a sofa and placed the electrodes on his temples which we had already rubbed with salted water… I pressed the button for 10ths of seconds. A jerk followed… I increased the intensity…I pressed the button for a longer duration and after a few seconds the seizure happened. We became scared as the patient turned blue. We fell onto him to provide artificial respiration. Quickly, breathing returned and we took him to the ward where he fell asleep. Later we visited him. He had awakened and was active… I asked him “How are you?” and he ANSWERED “fine.” This gave us courage and we repeated the ECT after two days. After that we were able to communicate enough to find out who his relatives where who came to visit. He is the phenomenon and I think he still lives at Dromokaition. In total he had ten ECT. It did not cure him, but he was able to live at the level of social life of a developed psychiatric hospital.

presented by his son, Constantine G. Lyketsos, "The Scientist as a Responsible Member of Society:A Personal Perspective on Research Integrity," Dean's Research Integrity Lectures, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 21 Sep 2011.

George married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Occupation: textile merchant

Theodore married Aglaia Christine (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi on 17 Jul 1919 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Aglaia (daughter of Emmanuel Michel (Michel) Rodocanachi and Alexandra (John) Agelasto) was born on 04 Jun 1894 in London, England UK; was christened on 21 Jul 1894 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died in 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1911 England census for 66 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by Emmanuel M Rodocanachi, 55, b. Paddington, London; married, 4 children born, all living; banker, British subject; wife Alexandra, 41, b. Kensington, London; daughters Ariadne, 20; Christine, 16; Irene, 5, all b. Paddington, London; 1 visitor; 8 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Burlington Hotel, Marine Parade, Worthing, Sussex, lists Theodore N Thalassinos, b. 4 Jul 1880, Private Means; wife Aglaia C Thalassinos, b. 4 Jun 1894, Unpaid Domestic Duties, both visitors.

Christened:
God-parents: John Agelasto.

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Married:
Marriage Witnesses: E. M. Rodocanachi & K.G.N.; Ceremony performed by the Great Archimandrite, Dr. Pagonis, assisted by the Archimandrite Moschovakis; marriage registry says 17 Jun 1919 [likely in error]; entry 376.

Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 19 Jul 1919. The newspaper announced the engagement 31 May 1919.