But war always brought in its train the curse of pestilence and had been one of the main factors for the spread of disease, went on Dr. Paterson, although war alone did not produce this dissemination, All "regular trade routes were under suspicion, and but for quarantine regulations might seriously endanger the life of a community; "With regard to the effects of war on mental health, he discussed at lengths the various desires and hopes that went on within a man's "mind, and of their conflicts with the desire for self-preservation, In many cases, this struggle led to partial or total breakdown, and the numerous cages of mental and nervous disability and of so-called shell-shock testified amply to its reality, There was also the question of. the break-down of conventions, War undoubtedly brought out the worst in man, and the worst elements in man, normally subdued by con-Wention and-perhaps fear of consequences, broke out at times in exaggerated form, There were cases where, even under the most continued strain of warfare, soldiers had kept their minds healthy and their actions towards others conside rate, "But in stark contrast there gre incidents in our minds to-day where the very opposite. has been the case."
One final word of epitóme remained: War produced good effects in rousing people, in producing a better physique in a limited number and in improving discipline and morale, But it also brought in its trains evils which outlived the good. And. the saddest part of all, concludes Dr. Paterson, was that all that it produced which might be of good could be attained without war and the evils it entailed,
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