Psychiatric Factors in Peripheral Vas Oneuropathy After Chilling

Army Psychiatry in the Korean War: The Experience of 1 Commonwealth Division

“…Tenofthe soldiers admitted that theyexperienced uncontrollable fear when in action. 38 The role of morale as a protection against cold injury was exemplified by the Argylls. They had arrived in Korea duringthe summer and were still wearing tropical kit when the winter arrived, forcing them to acquire clothing and equipment from U.S. troops.…”

A Clinical Study of a Group of Accident-prone Workers

“…If one is to judge by the paucity of literature, little interest in the subject has been taken outside Japan. Osborne and Cowen (1945) had the opportunity of observing the incidence of " trench feet" (or, as they prefer to call it, " peripheral vasoneuropathy after chilling ") in two groups of men fighting under the same wintry conditions in the invasion of Europe. Group A was made up of unselected infantry men: Group B was composed of psychologically selected men for an armoured formation.…”

Emotion and the Circulation

“…In addition, men with a previous history of excessive vasomotor reaction to emotion are markedly susceptible to frost-bite and trench foot.7, 8 Rheumatoid arthritis of the hands and feet is also demonstrably influenced by emotions and excessive vasoconstriction in this disease actually has been demonstrated. 91 Fragmentary observations' suggest that subjects with unstable peripheral vascular systems develop conditioned reflexes involving this system more easily than do others; this may suggest a possible mechanism whereby the peripheral vascular system becomes the one which expresses emotion in some individuals.…”