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Ep. 34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden
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Psychiatrist and medical historian Dr Stefanie Linden discusses her new book on the diagnosis and treatment of shellshock by doctors in Britain and Germany (published by Helion and Co.).
"And Bert’s gone syphilitic" – The Real Tragedies Behind the Cane Hill Hospital Memorial at Croydon.
In 1981 nearly 6,000 bodies were exhumed from the cemetery of Cane Hill Hospital, formerly the 3rd Surrey County Lunatic Asylum. They were cremated and their ashes scattered at Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery. In 2009 a considerable correspondence took place on the Great War Forum, members investing time and effort in putting forward the cases of s…
'Shell Shock: understanding psychological casualties from the battlefield' by Prof Edgar Jones
Caption: Hospital therapy for shell shocked soldiers About the talk: Prof Jones will explore the military and medical crisis created by shell shock. Psychological casualties presented in such numbers that senior commanders were forced to introduce new management techniques whilst army doctors conducted research into the causation of shell shock an…
Discuss the Psychological Effects of the Great War on Soldiers, and How Medical Professionals Attempted to Treat ‘Shell Shock.’
This essay by 17 year old Rose Halls of Brighton College was one of the 2023 Colin Hardy Memorial Prize runners up. On 19th June 1879, Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman forebodingly exclaimed that “war is hell” when addressing a group of cadets. It took a mere thirty-five years before this statement became a reality for the 250,000 men …