A French doctor has said, “Il n’y a pas de maladies; il n’y a que des malades.”[1] Whatever may be the general validity of this statement, it is undoubtedly true of the nerve-stricken soldier. Every case is a case by itself, and as such it must be considered by anyone, be he layman or doctor, who is interested in its nature and treatment. For the troubles displayed in the many disorders classed under the official title shell-shock are extraordinarily numerous and different, and their removal necessitates a similarly varied repertoire of “opening moves” on the part of the physician. Although the term shell-shock has been applied to a group of affections, many of which cannot strictly be desi…
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