nerve-wrack

Updated: May 4, 2025

And as I looked upon this silent city, my awe grew, for the Colonel, in his gentle voice, spoke of death and wounds, of shell-shock, nerve-wrack and insanity; but he told also of wonderful cures, of miracles performed on those that should have died, and of reason and sanity won back. "And you?" I questioned, "have you done many such wonders?" "Few!" he answered, and sighed.

Jeffery Farnol - Great Britain at War