#NewYorkStatePsychiatricInstitute

People (2)

• Harold Blauer New York tennis professional who died January 8, 1953, at the New York State Psychiatric Institute after receiving a massive intravenous dose of the mescaline derivative EA-1298 in a secret Army Chemical Corps chemical warfare experiment.
• Paul Hoch New York State Commissioner of Mental Hygiene who directed experimental research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute under Army Chemical Corps contract, administered mescaline and LSD to psychiatric patients through intraspinal injection, and bore direct responsibility for the death of Harold Blauer in January 1953.