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17.9 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Involutional melancholia, July 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/16
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"Leucotomised. Minister: lives with her father in law and husband, very talkative, but he thinks it is just her time of life. Smokes ++. Family clean and sensible, very hardworking. Harmonious, not overcrowded. Nurse: [Patient] is now much worse, has a pain in the left arm and leg, a weakness all down the left side. Quarrelsome and tells lies, won't stay at home."Notes from visit: Home Conditions - It is a roomy and solid farmhouse - quite prosperous looking. She showed me the...
Dates:
Other: July 1946
15.65 Female, Single, 55-64 yrs, Involutional melancholia, Physical illness or invalidism, January 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/14
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"Diagnosis: Melancholia (probably menopausal - symptons were voices, delusions of poison, later apathetic and negativistic - had to be tube fed.) Had been a laundry worker. One illegitimate son. Housing: patient now lives with brother, fairly clean, not over-crowded. "Little dungeon of a place". Patient is still strange in manner. Nurse confirms - this woman is now a heart case. Dr. confirms - very bad heart, half-bats."
Brother (15.64) in study.
Dates:
Other: January 1946
22.44 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Involutional melancholia, March 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/21
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'This man is not quite normal, very shy, always agrees with you. He is a farmer, has a good farm. Good farm house, clean. [Female informant] says this is a particularly nice man. [Male informant] says this man is very sensible but very quiet.'
Relatives in survey: Wife 22.45
Dates:
Other: March 1946