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.

W. H. R. Rivers: A Psychoanalytical Approach to Shell Shock in the First World War

Shell Shock & Awe-Ten Years Later

MTSU Magazine Winter 2012 by Middle Tennessee State University - Issuu

The Museum of Dreams

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

Shell shock hospital hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

MassArt Print Lookbook — lvgworks

Brendan Kelly - Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublin's Richmond War Hospital, 1916-1919

Annessa Stagner on World War I Soldiers

The Museum of Dreams

Simple History