Chart 3
PSYCHOPATHIA MARTIALIS
FORMULAE
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| S, N, P[3] = | SHELL-SHOCK (THE PHYSICAL[4] FACTOR) PRESENT | SHELL-SHOCK (NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS) PRESENT | PSYCHOSIS (NON-NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS) PRESENT |
| P = | - | - | + |
| SP = | + | - | + |
| NP = | - | + | + |
| SNP = | + | + | + |
| N = | - | + | - |
| SN = | + | + | - |
[3] In the literal formulae, S = Shell-shock, N = Neurosis, P = Psychosis.
[4] These plus-or-minus formulae are not intended to imply that the physical factor, where present (+), must have worked a physical effect upon the nervous system: the effects of the physical factor might be wholly emotional or otherwise psychic.
I. SYPHILOPSYCHOSES (SYPHILITIC GROUP)
An officer of high rank deserts his command in a crisis: alienists’ report.
Case 1. (Briand, February, 1915.)
M. X. was an officer ranking high in the French army, having military duties of a critical nature and of great importance (social reasons forbid Briand’s giving informatory details). Suffice it to say that he was brought before court-martial for abandoning his post at the very moment when his presence was most urgently required. He turned tail, without taking the most elementary military precautions.