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Was it really once normal for people to "fall insensible" and need weeks of medical care to recover from sudden shocks (e.g. deaths in the family or business failures)? If so, what has changed since? And if not, why does this seem commonly-accepted in books like Frankenstein and Sherlock Holmes?

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Was it really once normal for people to "fall insensible" and need weeks of medical care to recover from sudden shocks (e.g. deaths in the family or business failures)? If so, what has changed since? And if not, why does this seem commonly-accepted in books like Frankenstein and Sherlock Holmes?	226