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Detailed photo of a mentally ill soldier concerning the neurological effects of bullet wounds (2)

from: Hermann Oppenheim: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Kriegsverletzungen des peripheren Nervensystems, Berlin 1917 (p. 13, 51, 93)

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    Hysteria or neurasthenia

    The First World War produced an army of emotionally damaged soldiers who could no longer bear the inconceivable destructive force of modern mechanical warfare. The diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases confronted military psychiatrists with new challenges.