Iroquois mask used in dances connected with healing ceremonies
Stelazine advertisement, 1976.
Hospital & Community Psychiatry, Vol. 27, No. 2.

LIFT THE MASK OF SCHIZOPHRENIC WITHDRAWAL
'Stelazine' provides effective control of hallucinations, delusions, anxiety and other psychotic symptoms.
Because it appears to have an activating effect, 'Stelazine' is especially useful in withdrawn, apathetic or detached patients.
* Controls psychotic symptoms
* Seldom causes excessive sedation
* Convenient B.I.D. dosage
One of a series from "The Many Faces of STELAZINE® brand of trifluoperazine HCl in Psychiatry," a transcultural look at masks as symbols.
Cornhusk Society Mask, Cayuga culture (Iroquois), Canada. Used in dances connected with healing ceremonies.
From the collection of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Reproduced with permission.
Manufactured and distributed by SK&F Co., Carolina, P.R. 00630     'Stelazine' trademark licensed by SmithKline Corporation
STELAZINE brand of TRIFLUOPERAZINE HCL Tablets: 5 & 10 mg.     HELPS WITHDRAWN PATIENTS BECOME MORE RESPONSIVE.

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