“They appear to constitute a definite class among others arising from the effects of shell-shock.” Early medical opinion took the common-sense view that the damage was “commotional,” or related to the ...

During the War many an able soldier suffered from “shell shock.” After hours of bombardment men would become madly hysterical. Exploding shells would throw men through the air or bury them under ...

Most of the 9.7 million soldiers who perished in WWI were killed by the conflict's unprecedented firepower. Many survivors experienced acute trauma. Hulton Archive / Getty Images In September 1914, at ...