The author gives a brief outline of 2,500 psychosomatic casualties in the Middle East during 1942, and a more detailed description of 1,000 cases of anxiety neurosis and hysteri"Of these a quarter had had prewar neurosis; 89.9% were returned to duty; and 5.4% were invalided. Average stay in hospital was 18.1 days . . . . The needs are stressed for the nurse with psychological understanding, the speedy removal of untreatable cases, the staging of a suitable ward environment coupled with a rapid reconditioning, and the full time employment of all patients who are up. Hospitals in peacetime might adapt a considerable number of neurotic patients to employment by similar methods."