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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.

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Hysteria, head injuries and heredity: 'shell-shocked' soldiers of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, Edinburgh (1914–24)

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Hysteria, head injuries and heredity: 'shell-shocked' soldiers of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, Edinburgh (1914–24)

Unearthly Music', 'Howling Idiots', and 'Orgies of Amusement': The Soundscapes of Shell Shock at Edinburgh's Craiglockhart War Hospital, 1917–18, Nineteenth-Century Music Review

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Unearthly Music', 'Howling Idiots', and 'Orgies of Amusement': The Soundscapes of Shell Shock at Edinburgh's Craiglockhart War Hospital, 1917–18, Nineteenth-Century Music Review

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