Gheorghe Marinescu's studies on the influence of mescaline on artistic creativity.
Medicine and pharmacy reports October 1, 2025 Irina Dora Magurean, Vlaicu Sandor, Dan L Dumitrascu
A French medical journal, La Presse Médicale, published an anniversary issue featuring the work of Romanian neurologist Gheorghe Marinescu on mescaline's influence on color vision. Marinescu administered mescaline to two professional painters, who described their sensations and cognitions under the substance. Their recorded feelings and the paintings they created, which resemble surrealistic and abstract art, are reproduced. The paper is important for the history of medicine and avant-garde fine arts.