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Title
Excerpt of a letter from Frederick Walker Mott to Adolf Meyer
Description
In the history of psychiatry, the First World War is often identified with the rise of the disorder of “shell shock.” Referred to at the time most often as “war neurosis,” the malady was characterized by tics, convulsions, muscle spasms, paralyses, shakes, emotional outbursts, loss of speech, and problems in memory. The scale of the problem, by contemporaries’ accounts, seemed to match the scale of the conflict itself.
Many doctors in America learned about the condition and current treatment methods from the British before they entered the war. Here, Doctor Frederick Walker Mott apprises Meyer of the condition and treatment from his vantage point in London. Mott was one of Meyer’s English colleagues in pathology and psychiatry. At the time of his letter, he was treating and studying shell shock patients at the Maudsley Hospital in London. Later that month, he would open his doors to Americans touring British facilities in preparation for their own work on the problem in American troops.
Many doctors in America learned about the condition and current treatment methods from the British before they entered the war. Here, Doctor Frederick Walker Mott apprises Meyer of the condition and treatment from his vantage point in London. Mott was one of Meyer’s English colleagues in pathology and psychiatry. At the time of his letter, he was treating and studying shell shock patients at the Maudsley Hospital in London. Later that month, he would open his doors to Americans touring British facilities in preparation for their own work on the problem in American troops.
Creator
Mott, Frederick Walker
Date
May 26, 1917
Is Part Of
Format
excerpt from 12 page handwritten letter
Identifier
Folder II/353/51