ABSTRACT
On 26 October 1914, the 23-year-old mineworker Johann Schneider was called up as a musketeer to the German army. On 4 June 1915 he was wounded by mine-splinters. He received two wounds on the occiput and was unconscious for 4 days. After healing from the wounds he suffered from vegetative and emotional lability, bradycardia, headache, and feelings of insecurity when standing or walking. On neurological examination he had no nystagmus, but produced jerks of the head and eyes when looking to the right. He missed his nose when he was asked to touch it with the left index finger. His mental capacities appeared normal apart from a slight reduction of the ability to memorise auditorily presented digits. He complained of rapid fatigue and of blurring of vision after prolonged reading.
