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Dr. Osmond was born in Surrey. He attended Guy's Hospital Medical School of the University of London. During World War II, Dr. Osmond trained to become a psychiatrist, while active a surgeon-lieutenant in the Navy.
Dr. Osmond attracted attention in the 1950s for his work with psychedelics at Weyburn Hospital in Saskatchewan, CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe. Dr. Osmond primarily worked with LSDD-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide commonly called acid LSD or LSD-25 is a powerful semisynthetic hallucinogen and psychedelic entheogen. A typical dose of LSD is only 100 micrograms, a tiny amount equal to one-tenth the weight of a grain of sand. LSD causes of and mescalineMescaline Chemical name3,4,5-Trimethoxy-phenethylamine or2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine Chemical formulaCHNO Molecular mass211. 26 g/mol Melting point128 129 °C CAS numbers54-04-6 SMILESNCCC1 CC(OC) C(OC)C(OC) C1 Mescaline or 3,4,5-trimethoxypheneth and their relation to psychosisPsychosis is a psychiatric classification for a mental state in which the perception of reality is distorted. Persons experiencing a psychotic episode may experience hallucinations (often auditory or visual hallucinations), hold paranoid or delusional bel and mental illnessThe Scream, the famous painting commonly thought of as depicting the experience of mental illness. A mental illness is a psychiatric disorder that results in a disruption in a person's thinking, feeling, moods, and ability to relate to others. Mental illn. In 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada., Dr. Osmond related the similarity of mescaline to adrenaline molecules, in a theory which implied that schizophreniaSchizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behaviour, thinking, and emotion. The term schizophrenia comes from the Greek words schizo split or divide) and phrenos mind) and is best tra might be a form of self-intoxication caused by one's own body. In 1953, Dr. Osmond introduced Aldous Huxley to mescaline, which inspired the book The Doors of Perception. Dr. Osmond is also known for one study in the late 1950s in which he attempted to cure alcoholics with acute LSD treatment, resulting in a surprising success rate.
Later, Dr. Osmond became director of the Bureau of Research in Neurology and Psychiatry at the New Jersey Psychiatric Institute in Princeton, and then a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Osmond wrote many books and was widely published throughout his career.
He died of cardiac arrhythmia in 2004.