In traditional shock cases, this is generally the relieving of pain from injuries or the stopping of blood loss. In an acute stress reaction, this may be pulling a rescuer away from the emergency to calm down, or blocking the sight of an injured friend from a patient.
With this system, Pericles succeeded in keeping the courts full of jurors (Ath. Pol. 27.3), and in giving the people experience in public life. As Athens' ruler, he made the city the first and most important polis of the Greek world, acquiring a resplendent culture and democratic institutions.
Cleisthenes' reforms are so clearly designed to increase the people's power that he can be described as a true democrat. First, he established administrative units called tribes made up of thirds. Each third was from a different area of Attica: city, hills, and coast. Each third was made up of demes.