Dr William Bleckwenn, shown in this early footage, was the first reporter of the effects of barbiturates on catatonia. The footage is taken from the NIH archives c. 1936:
http://youtu.be/FRiXg19wG5g
Category: Video
Victims of the Great War (Video Clip)
This film from Netley Hospital, Southampton and Seale Hayne Hospital, Newton Abbot, shows the effect of shell shock on British soldiers in World War I (1914-1918).