War Neuroses: Netley Hospital (1917), pt. 3 of 5

Shows the symptomatology of "shell-shock" in 18 British "other rankers" and its treatment by two leading R.A.M.C. neurologists in two British military hospitals towards the end of the First World War. Part 3 of 5. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1667864~S8

Category:

Education

Tags:

• combat disorders
• shell shock
• WW1
• first world war
• military hospitals
• medical film
• archive film
• silent film

[umm86]

How wonderful it was to see those men have recovered!

[hotelmario510]

@machokyle45 A bomb buried him in mud, which traumatised him (wouldn't you be if you were buried alive?)

[Scrotetasticular]

Do we know how they were "cured"? Some methods were more humane than others, and the two hour timeframe seen in this film suggests to me that they were experiencing a particularly extreme form of "re-education".

[hotelmario510]

@The2Lad ...I was merely making a statement. I meant "funny weird" rather than "funny ha-ha".

[The2Lad]

@hotelmario510 Did he say it is funny? I wondered about the burial thing too

[SloreTactician]

The sad part is....how many other soldiers were shot for "cowardice" after finally breaking after months and months of uninterrupted trench warfare?

[hotelmario510]

@machokyle45 Yeah. Funny what traumatic psychological experiences can do to your body.

[machokyle45]

@hotelmario510 ohh well that makes sense

[MisterBeaucoup]

Did they ever have relapses of their symptoms??

[machokyle45]

what is the "after burial thing?