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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First English Language Edition. 235 Pp. + 8 Pp. Catalog At End. Orange Cloth, Hardcover. First Edition, 1918. A Solid Copy, Lettering On Covers Very Strong, Beginning To Fray Along Top Edge Of Spine, Wrinkling To Cloth Around Spine, Paris Publisher's Label On Front Endpaper, Browning To Endpapers. The Polish-Born French Neurologist (1885-After 1938) Has Few Citations Anywhere, Which Is Interesting In Itself. 81 Drawings and 7 Full-Color Plates (illustrator).…

First edition. First edition. xii, 252 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine with a hint of toning to the spine cloth and shelf wear; bright and clean internally save for a name stamped on the title page; sturdy binding. Rare in commerce.Perhaps the standard World War I text on treating post-traumatic stress disorder, then called "shell shock." Those were different times. Yealland, a Canadian doctor working at the British National Hospital, basically believed that shell shock essentially didn't exist, or was merely a temporary condition that needed to be expelled by auto-suggestion, strong language, a spatula to the throat or, in the worst cases, electrical shocks directly to the patient's throat. His complete confidence in himself and his methods (touting an 100% success rate) inspired many at the time, but meant that history would not be kind to his legacy or the data he compiled.…