Giorgio Coda
Giorgio Giuseppe Antonio Maria Coda (born 21 January 1924) is an Italian psychiatrist and professor. He was vicedirector of the mental hospital of Turin ( it , Ospedale psichiatrico di Torino, in Collegno) and director of ''villa Azzurra'' (institute for children), Caselli in Grugliasco (Turin) After the trial, that lasted from 1970 to 1974, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for patient abuse, as well as to interdiction from the medical profession for five years and payment of legal expenses. Papuzzi (1977), p. 96 He has been nicknamed "The Electrician" ( it , l'elettricista) for his misuse of the electroshock therapy. The medical treatment consisted in the application of long-lasting electric current to the genitals and to the head. The treatment did not make the patient lose consciousness and caused strong pain. According to Giorgio Coda, this treatment should have cured the patient. The treatment was called alternatively "electro-massage" ( it , elettromassaggio) or ...
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