S. Wladyczko. Troubles mentaux pendant le siege de Port-Arthur, Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpetriere. № 4. Juillet Aout. 1907

The author presents his valuable observations and considerations. able to give a clear understanding of the general conditions for the development of mental illness in the besieged fortresses. Of the 42 incidents of madness per 52,000 garrisons, the largest number of 26 occurred in the second period of the siege, while the first period was rather bearable for the garrison. But when hunger, fatigue and grief undermined the nutrition of the nervous system of the defenders, then moral shocks in the form of cut-off, great damage, retreats, etc. gave a very favorable soil for the development of psychosis. On behalf of an eyewitness, the author gives an overwhelming description of the height of 203 meters and its defenders in the midst of its bombardment by the Japanese, from which the development of psychosis in 26 cases in the course of 1 - 2 days becomes clear. Instead of lengthy case histories, the author reports several of the most characteristic episodes and conversations with his patients, which, together with concise and clearly developed statistics, makes the work very interesting and instructive.