The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Medical Shell Shock and Other Psychiatric Conditions
Breakdown: The Crisis of ShellShock on the Somme, 1916
ISBN
9781408706619
Purchase Price
£25.00 (new)
Date Purchased
May 11, 2016
Publisher
Little, Brown (2016, London)
Notes
Downing follows units from Pals Battalions through the horror of their experiences on the Somme and the shell shock that, unrelated to weakness or cowardice, left them unable to fight. He shines a light on the official - and often brutal - response to the epidemic, even from officers and doctors who were otherwise sympathetic. It was assumed that this was a form of hysteria. It was contagious and it had to be stopped........
9781408706619
Purchase Price
£25.00 (new)
Date Purchased
May 11, 2016
Publisher
Little, Brown (2016, London)
Notes
Downing follows units from Pals Battalions through the horror of their experiences on the Somme and the shell shock that, unrelated to weakness or cowardice, left them unable to fight. He shines a light on the official - and often brutal - response to the epidemic, even from officers and doctors who were otherwise sympathetic. It was assumed that this was a form of hysteria. It was contagious and it had to be stopped........