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Today is #PTSDAwarenessDay.
PTSD as a diagnosis is relatively new, but trauma from serving in war zones has been observed in historical military populations.
In the #FWW, for instance, war trauma was described as 'war neurosis' or 'shell shock'.
#DisHist #histmed
Meet Janaki Ammal Edavalath Kakkat ((1897-1984)
Born in #BritishIndia, she was a botanist & cytologist trained at the University of Michigan. She worked @The_RHS & served as the Director-General of the Botanical Survey of India.
#histSTM #gender #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInScience