From cowardice to shellshock: medicine, psychiatry & the Great War

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September 23, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2014-09-23T19:00:00+01:00
2014-09-23T20:30:00+01:00
Where:
Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street
Mayfair, London W1S
UK
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£12/£8
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Royal_Irish_Rifles_ration_party_Somme_July_1916World War I drove great advances in science and technology, but less known is the influence on medicine. Emily Mayhew will tell the story of the stretcher bearers of WW1 who were at the heart of this revolution. Then, Louis and Marc-Antoine Crocq will explore the evolution of the diagnostics and treatment of ’war neurosis’.