Symptoms of a Typhus Prisoner

The general irritability, whose physical causes were discussed above, became most intense when these mental tensions were added. It is not surprising that this tension often ended in a general fight. Since the prisoner continually witnessed scenes of beatings, the impulse toward violence was increased. I myself felt my fists clench when anger cme over me while i was famished and tired,. The following day i always felt even more tired, insensitive and irritable. Apathy was particularly increased among the feverish patients, so that they did not react at all unless they were shouted at. For one's own irritability tok on enormous proportions in the face of the others apathy, and especially in the face