Setting and Historical Context (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Craiglockhart War Hospital location & original building type
Craiglockhart War Hospital location & original building type
Edinburgh (Morningside); Georgian villa converted 1917
Craiglockhart's primary patients & condition treated
Craiglockhart's primary patients & condition treated
Officers suffering from shell shock
Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele dates & casualties
Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele dates & casualties
July-Nov 1917; approx. 500,000 casualties
Siegfried Sassoon's Soldier's Declaration timing
Siegfried Sassoon's Soldier's Declaration timing
June 1917
Earlier military attitude toward shell shock
Earlier military attitude toward shell shock
Moral failure rather than genuine injury
Dr Rivers' therapeutic methods at Craiglockhart
Dr Rivers' therapeutic methods at Craiglockhart
Hypnosis and talking cure (influenced by Freud)
Dr Yealland's treatment method for shell shock
Dr Yealland's treatment method for shell shock
Brutal electric shock treatment
Prior's background creating class tensions
Prior's background creating class tensions
Working-class vs. public school-educated officers
Number of British women in factories by 1917
Number of British women in factories by 1917
Approximately 800,000
Famous poets treated at real Craiglockhart Hospital
Famous poets treated at real Craiglockhart Hospital
Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves (besides Sassoon)