German Battle Casualties: The Treatment of Functional Somatic Disorders during World War I
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German Battle Casualties: The Treatment of Functional Somatic Disorders during World War I
World War I witnessed the admission of large numbers of German soldiers with neurological symptoms for which there was no obvious organic cause. This posed a considerable challenge for the military and medical authorities and resulted in an active discussion on the etiology and treatment of these disorders. Current historiography is reliant on published physician accounts, and this represents t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-5045,1468-4373
DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrs024