WWI: Shell Shock Victims (1/14)
 

Images from WWI. These disturbing stills shows the effects of shell shock on war soldiers. War neuroses was little understood at the time and victims received little care or understanding. One doctor called Arthur Hurst believed he could cure every shell shock victim. He took them to Seale Hayne which was deep in the Devon countryside and there he used revolutionary treatments such as hypnosis, persuasion, massage and dietary treatments to cure his patients. In fact 90% of Hurst's patients were cured in one session.

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  • Its difficult to believe that men like these whose mental /psychological afflictions were treated as cowards and shot. Their families whose suffered more than grief but the stigma involved

    joecelticgael 2nd May 2013
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Hyperadrenalism
This is Private Eagerfield diagnosed as having war hyperthyroidism and hyperadrenalism. Eagerfield's facial expression is also typical of von Graefe's sign where there is an immobility of the upper eyelid and downward rotation of the eye.

Films: WW1 Shell Shock