University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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"This man, an old soldier, is said to be peculiar. He is a good scholar, a beautiful writer, but you cannot make any sense out of him - just talks nonsense. He would not work before the war, but has been working about the aerodrome recently. Used to loaf about the stables, was a sort of groom but never had a real job. Well read. PAO says this man used to have very bad drinking bouts. Nurse says this man raves and acts the goat. Dr confirms chronic alcoholism, working ability impaired."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 9. Indexed.

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"This old lady stops strangers and asks them if her son will come back from Canada (son is dead). Very wandered, persecuted. Nurse says she is not a widow - husband a big stout man. Two married daughters OK. Son keeps the English Church. She used to be depressed and would lie in bed all the time. Now elated. House not very clean - she is out all day. No Public Assistance. Dr - really the result of alcoholism, deluded. Heading for CRI."

Scope and Contents "This man is alcoholic at times but has only once appeared in court for being drunk in charge of a car. He has a violent temper and is at times depressed. Has "persecution mania". Alternates between charm and savage antagonism. First wife died sometime in the 1930s. Second wife died of cancer. Since then he has had a series of housekeepers, one of whom is thought to have had a child by him. For the last 3-4 years he has lived alone and has got slovenly in his appearance. Seen by PSW - Spare...

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"In CRI, readmitted. Paranoid, Hyperkinetic. Father was a farmer, dead. Mother alive, elderly, very decent. Was originally a private patient, became rate-aided. [Male informant] thinks the siblings have "a bit of haziness" about them. Father was a bad alcoholic. Senile. Sister has goitre and a squint. Highly strung and queer. The other sister, married. Was flighty, better now. They are all queer."

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"This man was sent to PCLA [Perth Criminal Lunatic Asylum] for murder but is since thought to have died. Incomer. Alcoholic."