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27.38 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Hysteria, August 1945
"This woman lives alone, gets herself talked about - would do anything to get a husband. She looked after her father until he died, when she was past marriageable age. Her father left a silly will, by which everything was left to her niece. She is very bitter about this and has had a breakdown over it. Is emotional and highly strung, thwarted for many years. Dr thinks this woman is hysterical. She made her father's life a hell."
28.34 Female, Widowed, 25-34 yrs, Hysteria, October 1946
"This woman made a hurricane marriage, her husband was killed in the war. She is now hysterical, a mystery case, always complaining of feeling absolutely done, complains of pain in one leg, intermittant venous claudication? Not working. Lives with parents, father a queer old soul, retired."
33.53 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Chorea, July 1947
"This girl has had chorea. Good home conditions. Inharmonious - parents won't speak to each other. Dr says she has a ferocious temper, forceful. Her mother is just as bad, at the root of the trouble."
Relatives in survey: Mother 33.54
40.57 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1947
"This woman is silly and soft, very indiscreet about her private affairs. Married an old man of over 70, a smallholder, and has three children, generally thought to be his. House filthy. Nurse confirms she is "not right". PAO confirms. Immoral, filthy. No PA."
42.15 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1946
"Simple, has a want. Nurse confirms that she has a queerness. Had an illegitimate child who died - was about to marry the father but refused to do so on the day before the wedding because there was no longer any need. Lives with her sister, very overcrowded."
Relatives in survey: Sister
44.30 Female, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, July 1945
"This woman is very excitable, is afraid of animals, afraid of the dark, won't go to bed or let her little boy go to bed until her husband comes home. Continually running to her parents. Was frantic during any air raid warning - would not get off the line. Her domestic life with her husband seems unhappy, they are never seen together and exhibit no affection for each other."
16.282 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Anxiety neurosis, July 1947
23.129 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Anxiety neurosis, May 1946
"Diagnosis: Anxiety state. A simple soul where home conditions with an exacting husband with physical ill-health prove rather much for her from time to time and she then gives way to tears for hours on end and to hysterical outbursts. Gets on well with people, but husband does not approve of entertainment as he is very possessive and jealous and moody. She is bright and cheery, never had fits of depression or mood swings."
A bit more Dutch (The Herald), 4 Jul 2003
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.
Accounts of wedding, 1919
Newspaper accounts of the wedding of John and Jewel Baillie.