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Charlie Stross

@zl2tod @hannu_ikonen @clive @violetmadder@kolektiva.social "Shell shock" was the first world war era term for what today we call PTSD. Medical terminology evolves over time! (Cf. the US Supreme Court saying "abortion didn't happen in the 18th century b/c newspapers didn't mention it". Well no shit, but there were a *lot* of medicines for "regulating the courses" i.e. restarting a stopped menstrual cycle.)

30 June at 17:15 | Wall-to-wall | Open on wandering.shop
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LisPi
@cstross @clive @hannu_ikonen @zl2tod Although it is interesting to wonder how much of an influence this sort of damage had in making things worse on top of that.
30 June at 17:50 | Open on udongein.xyz
zl2tod

@cstross @hannu_ikonen @clive
I think Shell Shock was used to cover both conditions. There was no differentiation at the time.

30 June at 22:41 | Open on mastodon.online
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