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railway spine

NOUN

post-traumatic stress disorder

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WEAK

PTSD PTSS battle fatigue delayed-stress disorder delayed-stress syndrome post-traumatic stress syndrome shell shock trauma

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"You know, if I have to sustain this pose much longer, I shall get railway spine or a hare lip or something."

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

It is called also nerve shock, spinal irritation, railway spine.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

railway spine

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