34.43 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Hysteria, January 1946
Scope and Contents
"This woman was a nervous wreck for years and years. She still imagines she is ill, but has recovered and is able to work as a shop assistant. Nurse says she has a nervous manner and an awful laugh. An incomer, quarrelled with her own people, went to stay with other friends but quarrelled with them. Dr confirms - when he visited her once she was lying in a state of catalepsy - he said she wasn't really ill and she arose in a fury and threw cushions etc. at him until he was driven from her home. Now his bitterist enemy."
Relatives in survey: 34.44
Dates
- Other: January 1946
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Extent
4 Sheets
Creator
- From the Series: Mayer-Gross, Wilhelm, Dr (Psychiatrist) (Person)
- From the Series: Brown, Marjorie Alice, 1907-1964 (Director, Department of Social Studies) (Person)
Repository Details
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