Shellshock in the College collections

Major Arthur HurstMedical diseases of war1940, 2nd ed.Soon after the beginning of WWI, military doctors noticed that soldiers started to show neurological symptoms like dizziness, tremor, tinnitus, amnesia, weakness and headache. In most of these cases, there was no obvious physical injury. This condition became known as ‘shellshock’ or ‘war neurosis’. Some doctors believed it was caused by hidden brain injuries or carbon monoxide poisoning, while others accused the affected soldiers of malingering.

The Century: America's Time - 1914-1919: Shell Shock

A Case of Shell-Shock from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, September 27, 1916. · OnView

Shellshock Nam 67 The Games Collection PC Game

Perspectives on 'shell shock

The care and treatment of by Salmon, Thomas W. 1876-1927

Shell shock first world war hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Shell Shock,' a collection of former Terps, ready to compete in The Basketball Tournament – Baltimore Sun

File:Medical Department - Hospitals - In Theater of Operations - France - Convalescing from Shell Shock, Patients at the American Red Cross Hospital established at Chateau Chambord, Blois, France - NARA - 45497006.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Shell Shock: understanding psychological casualties from the battlefield' by Prof Edgar Jones

Shellshock in the College collections Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

A contribution to the study of shell shock : being an account of three cases of loss of memory, vision, smell, and taste, admitted into the Duchess of Westminster's War Hospital, Le