Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 20 | Lost Speech by Shell Shock

LosfcSpeechby Shell Shock I CASES of loss of speech following shell shock arc being cured by tho use of anaesthetics. 15 1 according to Dr. A. P. Proctor of the Cana- m dian Red Cross Hospital at Taplow. 9 In two cases men wore etherized in the ordl- m nary way during the "oxcltfed stage." Just beforo I becoming unconscious they were encouraged to ml speak, and on coming out from tho other they con- tlnued talking without difficulty. W ft The third man, who was not ablo to say a word I for more than two months after being burled in a J dugout by a hlgh-exploslvo shell which rendored him unconscious tor days, accomplished his own j anaesthetisatlon by getting Intoxicated whilo ! J. home on a visit. In this condition he found Ms t voice and for two days talked and sang incessant- V ly. As no rolapsc occurred when he became sober. : he was discharged cured a fortnight late ; S i