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Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublin’s
Richmond War Hospital, 1916-19
Brendan Kelly
University College Dublin
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
Hallaran’s 1810 textbook, along
with evidence of increasing
rates of insanity, prompted
authorities to build the
Richmond Asylum, 1814
1851.00 1861.00 1871.00 1881.00 1891.00
4000.00
6000.00
8000.00
10000.00
12000.00
14000.00
16000.00
Number
Mental illness
Intellectual
disability
Dr Richard Leper at St Patrick’s Hospital, reported that
two admissions during ‘the height of the rebellion’ were
‘produced by shock and terror caused by the insurrection’
In one case, the army ambulance ‘was fired
on whilst conveying the patient to the Hospital’
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
Battle of the Somme
July – November 1916
1 million killed or seriously wounded
Major CS Myers
CBR, FRS
1873-1946
Popularised
the term
‘shell shock’
Lancet, 1915
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
Base Hospital No. 26
France
Injured servicemen with nurses in the village hall in Shepreth,
South Cambridgesshire, used as military hospital, 1915-19
Croydon
Discharged, ‘quite rational’, after five weeks
`Spent eight months as a prisoner of war
Craiglockart War Hospital, Edinburgh (1916-19)
Siegfried Sassoon, 1886-1967 Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918
Dr WHR Rivers, 1863-1922
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
Journal of Mental Science 1925; 71: 219-24
0.5% returned to military duty
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
War Neuroses: Netley Hospital (1917), part 4 of 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2f9VabEYE
Journal of Mental Science 1917; 63: 297-9
Shower bath, Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, 1868
Hydrotherapy
St Elizabeth’s
Asylum
Washington DC
Ludwig Knorr
Antipyrine (pheanzone)
1. The Richmond Asylum (1814)
2. Shell shock
3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916)
4. Cases of shell shock
5. Treating shell shock
6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to the Irish
asylum system and efforts at reform during the 1900s
1 High discharge rates
2 Better conditions
3 Patients not certified ‘insane’; RMS Donelan:
The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to the Irish
asylum system and efforts at reform during the 1900s
The broader effects of the network of war hospitals
throughout Great Britain and Ireland, including the
Richmond, on the identity and practice of psychiatry
The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to the Irish
asylum system and efforts at reform during the 1900s
The broader effects of the network of war hospitals
throughout Great Britain and Ireland, including the
Richmond, on the identity and practice of psychiatry
The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to Ireland’s
memory and commemoration of the First World War,
and its psychological effect on Irish soldiers
1929
14 April 2014
Byrne says his abiding
memory of growing up on
Rialto Street was his
father waking, screaming,
in the middle of the night
– terror that his son
believes was caused by the
trauma of the war
Irish Times, 5 April 2014
Great grandfather
Sylvester Cummins
1914
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1916
Battle of the Somme
‘Survived the war, but
not its consequences’
‘Suicide by gas
poisoning, there being
no evidence to show
state of mind’
Shell Shock and its Treatment
at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital,
1916-19
brendankelly35@gmail.com

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Treatment of Shell Shock at Dublin's Richmond War Hospital

  • 1. Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital, 1916-19 Brendan Kelly University College Dublin
  • 2.
  • 3. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 4. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 5. Hallaran’s 1810 textbook, along with evidence of increasing rates of insanity, prompted authorities to build the Richmond Asylum, 1814
  • 6. 1851.00 1861.00 1871.00 1881.00 1891.00 4000.00 6000.00 8000.00 10000.00 12000.00 14000.00 16000.00 Number Mental illness Intellectual disability
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. Dr Richard Leper at St Patrick’s Hospital, reported that two admissions during ‘the height of the rebellion’ were ‘produced by shock and terror caused by the insurrection’ In one case, the army ambulance ‘was fired on whilst conveying the patient to the Hospital’
  • 14. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 15. Battle of the Somme July – November 1916 1 million killed or seriously wounded
  • 16. Major CS Myers CBR, FRS 1873-1946 Popularised the term ‘shell shock’ Lancet, 1915
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 20. Base Hospital No. 26 France
  • 21. Injured servicemen with nurses in the village hall in Shepreth, South Cambridgesshire, used as military hospital, 1915-19
  • 23.
  • 24.
  • 26. `Spent eight months as a prisoner of war
  • 27. Craiglockart War Hospital, Edinburgh (1916-19)
  • 28. Siegfried Sassoon, 1886-1967 Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918
  • 29. Dr WHR Rivers, 1863-1922
  • 30.
  • 31. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 32.
  • 33. Journal of Mental Science 1925; 71: 219-24 0.5% returned to military duty
  • 34. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 35. War Neuroses: Netley Hospital (1917), part 4 of 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2f9VabEYE
  • 36. Journal of Mental Science 1917; 63: 297-9
  • 37.
  • 38. Shower bath, Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, 1868
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 42.
  • 44.
  • 45.
  • 46.
  • 47.
  • 48.
  • 49.
  • 50. 1. The Richmond Asylum (1814) 2. Shell shock 3. The Richmond War Hospital (1916) 4. Cases of shell shock 5. Treating shell shock 6. Legacy of the Richmond War Hospital
  • 51. The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to the Irish asylum system and efforts at reform during the 1900s
  • 52. 1 High discharge rates 2 Better conditions 3 Patients not certified ‘insane’; RMS Donelan:
  • 53. The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to the Irish asylum system and efforts at reform during the 1900s The broader effects of the network of war hospitals throughout Great Britain and Ireland, including the Richmond, on the identity and practice of psychiatry
  • 54.
  • 55. The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to the Irish asylum system and efforts at reform during the 1900s The broader effects of the network of war hospitals throughout Great Britain and Ireland, including the Richmond, on the identity and practice of psychiatry The legacy of the Richmond War Hospital to Ireland’s memory and commemoration of the First World War, and its psychological effect on Irish soldiers
  • 56. 1929
  • 58. Byrne says his abiding memory of growing up on Rialto Street was his father waking, screaming, in the middle of the night – terror that his son believes was caused by the trauma of the war Irish Times, 5 April 2014
  • 59.
  • 60. Great grandfather Sylvester Cummins 1914 Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1916 Battle of the Somme ‘Survived the war, but not its consequences’ ‘Suicide by gas poisoning, there being no evidence to show state of mind’
  • 61.
  • 62. Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital, 1916-19 brendankelly35@gmail.com