Report of the War Office Committee of Enquiry into "Shell-shock."
- Great Britain. War Office. Committee of Enquiry into "Shell-shock"
- Date:
- 1922
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the War Office Committee of Enquiry into "Shell-shock.". Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE 10. EXAMINATION or ‘‘ NoRMAL’”’ SonpDIERS IN THE Line (147 INDIVIDUALS) AND OF SOLDIERS ABOUT TO COME UNDER Fire FoR THE First TIME (58 INDIVIDUALS), This Table shows differences between men under fire and men about to come under fire. Percentage of men who shewed the sign in the left-hand column, in. Sign. Platoons. New draft. Tremor st ws tes 55 40 v. Graefe, a, « present” at < 9 3 v. Graefe, b, ‘‘ marked ” see 4 0 Thyroid enlarged (slightly) baa 16 t Exophthalmos _... sae “Fe 14 ? Palpitation.. sow sis 10 19 Nightmares (« shells”) wis ae 5 17 Broken sleep see vee as 11 31 Talking, etc., in sleep ae Se 11 ? Sores (“ L.C. T. yt ee ake she 42 Average age (years) < 26 28 TABLE 11. ‘“ NorMAL ”’? SOLDIERS UNDER Fire (142 INDIVIDUALS). Percentage of men in the platoons who shewed the sign in the left-hand column : é the men taken in age groups. Sign. Years— 19-20. 20-23, 23-26.| 26-31, 31-36. 36. Tremor bos an wal (oe 40 56 58 80 64 v. Graefe (a and b).. eps 16 6 — 16 27 Thyroid enlarged (slightly) vent de | eo 23 5 5 4 Exophthalmos ~ eal 4ue 12 6 30 16 18 Palpitation ... ia eas 2 ee 15 12 10 18 Nightmares (‘“ shells ”) ae ace 2 3 8 10 27 Broken sleep... ee 9 ‘| 6 5 21 18 Talking and shouting i in sleep 58 a ae 9 21 16 18 Sores (1.C.T.)* 5 SP Vi 37 44 46 47 54 Number ingroup 2. 4)!) aige]! dal wepetag 34 24 19 0) (TaBLE 10) Note.—The men actually under fire show a markedly greater incidence of positive signs associated with hyperthyroidism. The men about to come under fire for the first time show markedly greater incidence of palpitation, nightmare, and broken sleep. (Taste 11) Note.—Soldiers under fire only. The incidence of Tremor, palpitation, sores, nightmare, talking in sleep (and perhaps broken sleep also), all rise with increasing age. That of Thyroid enlargement falls. Those of v. Graefe’s sign and Exophthaimos fall and then rise again, there apparently being two maxima. This Table suggests that the positive signs of v. Graefe Thyroid enlargement and Exophthalmos are closely connected in one group; and that the Tremor, palpitation and dreaming, etc., are connected in another group; and, further, that the two groups are to a certain extent independent. * Inflammation Connective Tissue.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3217777x_0208.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
