War Neuroses: Netley Hospital (1917), pt. 2 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 2 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

[xbeckieboox]

Is this Netley Hospital which once stood on Southampton water?

[WellcomeFilm]

@xbeckieboox Yes. The Curator.

[hotelmario510]

It's so strange to see how fragile the human mind really is. You don't realise it until you see these films.

[whereskim89]

at 3:44 they said pvt king was digging incompetently but why did they give him a pitchfork and expect him to dig?

[letsgetthisoverwith]

@whereskim89 maybe they made him choose from different tools to dig, and he picked the pitchfork.

[Hellfireknightmare]

@hotelmario510 And as I said: I agree.

[hotelmario510]

@Hellfireknightmare I just find it bizarre that a traumatic event can actually cause physical side-effects.

[Hellfireknightmare]

@hotelmario510 I agree, but I wouldn't say "fragile". Imagine cannot sleep during days and nights because of the tremors of thousands of bombs falling next to you; the terrible stench of mutilated corpses, urine and letrines full of slime and blood (Dysentery killed thousands of soldiers) being attacked by a poisonous gas which kills at entering your lungs and witnessing the horrible death and dismemberment of THOUSANDS of human beings, like you. I would change your "fragile" for "strong".

[Hellfireknightmare]

@3mate1 Never heard about Vietnam (1964-1975)? WW1 Was fought in filthy trenches, but you could see the enemy in the opposite trenches; most of the time. In Vietnam, soldiers were ambushed by hidden enemies and even hidden traps, mines and snipers. It's well known that Vietnam veterans had psychologic disorders as well. Good evening.

[zhenaw]

@whereskim89 It's a fork for digging in the earth. It's used for turning up roots such as potatoes, as they are in this film.

[3mate1]

Do soldiers today still develop these same kinds of ticks and tremors? I havn't heard or seen soldiers since the first world war display the same sorts of physical symptoms... PTSD, shell shock, soldiers heart what have you... I'm told they are the same, but apparently they are not?

[carlosb1]

@whereskim89 no shit huh lol

[SloreTactician]

Who does farmwork in a suit and tie? This is a true relic of a lost era.