CURED BY DRINK
In the "Lancet" Dr. A. P. Procter, of tho Canadian Ked Cross Hospital at Taplow (England), reports the cure of three cases of loss of speech caused by shell shock. In two of the cases the men were anaesthetised in the ordinary way with ether. During tlie "excited stage," just before completely going under, they were encouraged to speak, and on coming out from the ether they continued talking without difficulty. The third man, who had not been able to say a word for mora than two months, after beine buried in a dncpnt by % high explosive shell, which rendered him unconscious for days, accomplished his own anaesthetisation by getting thoroughly intoxicated while home on a visit. In this condition ho '.'found his voice," and for two days tallied and sang incessantly. As no relapse occurred when he was sober, bo was discharged "cured" a fortnight later.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2663, 7 January 1916, Page 9
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150CURED BY DRINK Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2663, 7 January 1916, Page 9
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