MILITARY NEUROPSYCHIATRY IN THE PRESENT WAR

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Article1 June 1943MILITARY NEUROPSYCHIATRY IN THE PRESENT WARE. H. PARSONS, M.D.E. H. PARSONS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-6-935 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIMilitary medicine reflects both the military operations of the period considered and the current stage of medical advance. Each war has presented its own peculiar medical problems, some of which were not solved until after hostilities had ceased, some of which were solved brilliantly during the heat of battle, and others of which still remain. The scurvy of Washington's troops, the dysentery of both armies in 1861-1865, the typhoid of 1898, and the influenza of 1918 are as identifying in military medicine as are the tactics of the campaigns in which these medical problems arose. If one considers only...Bibliography1. PARSONSOVERHOLSER EHW: Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Mil. Surg., 1938, lxxxiii, 227. Google Scholar2. STEIDA J: Ueber Geisteskrankheiten im russischen Heer während des russischjapanischen Krieges, Zentralbl. f. Nerven, u. Psychiat., 1906, xxix, 875-880. Google Scholar3. SUTTON DG: Psychiatry in the armed forces, Psychiatry, 1939, ii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KAY AG: Insanity in the Army during peace and war and its treatment, Jr. Roy. Army Med. Corps, 1912, xviii, 146. Google Scholar5. KING E: Bull. Surgeon General's Office, War Department, Washington, D. C., 1914. Google Scholar6. MILLER E: The neuroses in war, 1940, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar7. HURST AF: Medical diseases of the war, 1917, Edward Arnold, London. Google Scholar8. OSLER W: Editorial, the Lancet, 1917. Quoted by MILLER, E.: The neuroses in war, 1940, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar9. STRASSER C: Ueber Unfall- und Militärneurosen, Kor-Pbl. f. Schweiz. Aerzte, 1917, xlvii, 257-274. Google Scholar10. UHLMANN F: Die Mobilisationpsychosen in der schweizer Armee, Kor-Pbl. f. Schweiz. Aerzte, 1918, xlviii, 345-351. Google Scholar11. DEBENHAMHILLSARGANTSLATTER GDWE: Treatment of war neuroses, Lancet, 1941, i, 107. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. BAILLIE W: A summary of 200 neurological and psychiatric admissions from the Canadian Army Service Forces, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1941, xcvii, 753. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WILLCOX PH: Gastric disorders in the services, Brit. Med. Jr., 1940, i, 1008. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. POLLOCK HM: Personal Communication, 1938. Google Scholar15. HOFFMANPARSONSHAGAN JLEHMW: The post-hospital adaptation of a selected group of patients with dementia praecox, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., 1941, xciii, 705. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. DUVALHOFFMAN AMJL: Dementia praecox in military life as compared with dementia praecox in civil life, War Med., 1941, i, 854. Google Scholar17. ANDERSON AR: Personal Communication. Google Scholar18. CLECKLEY H: The mask of sanity, 1941, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis. Google Scholar19. PORTER WC: The military psychiatrist at work, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1941, xcviii, 317. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. HALL RW: Peculiar personalities, War Med., 1941, i, 383. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Atlanta, Georgia*Read before Regional Meeting, American College of Physicians, Atlanta, Georgia, March 14, 1942. Received for publication April 22, 1942.†Major, Medical Corps, U. S., Chief of Neuropsychiatric Service, Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1943Volume 18, Issue 6Page: 935-940KeywordsArmed forcesDysenteryMilitary medicineTyphoid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...