from YT = WW1 War Neuroses. Disturbing footage of the effects of shell shock. Filmed during World War 1, this remarkable film shows traumatised soldiers staggering, shuffling, twitching, dancing and shaking however after treatment, the men are generally transformed.
Seale Hayne in Devon was a military hospital which played an incredible role in curing shell shock victims during The Great War. At the time, most shell shock victims were treated harshly and with little sympathy as their symptoms were not understood and they were seen as a sign of weakness. So instead of receiving proper care, many victims endured more trauma with treatments such as solitary confinement or electric shock therapy.
However, 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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oOPonyOosays...Awesome. Can't imagine not being able to control the movement of your own legs.
radxsays...We talked about this just last week, when colourized video footage of traumatized soldiers was on the telly: 32:12 - 33:12.
Kallesays...How can any decent human beeing use this footage and add that piano sound from the guy that takes apicture of himself every day for serveral years...the lack of thought just hurts...humanity?
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'war, trauma, soldier, shell shock, sad, mental' to 'war, trauma, soldier, shell shock, sad, mental, conversion disorder' - edited by Norsuelefantti
antsays...*music
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