| Description | Has no doubt that the nervous system is involved in, and is chiefly responsible for, many of the conditions which are called "shock" - discusses the definition of "shock" - comments on "primary shock" and on factors involved in the production of "secondary shock" -comments on case described by McMichael in which patient's circulation failed through accumulation of fluid in tissues of legs - comments on his attempts, with Laidlaw and Richards, during last war, to analyse the shock produced by histamine - absurd to talk of "the" cause of shock - should recognise shock as a symptom, or syndrome, and concentrate attention on its treatment. |