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The Correspondence: Albert Auguste de Lapparent to Charles Lapworth sub-series consists of:

Scope and Contents Notebook containing a work of fiction on a young woman suffering from mental anguish and 'hysteria', written by Edward Denis de Vitre in 1829 in Edinburgh, in his own hand. The author draws upon his own experience as a physician, and his works reflect his empathy and his frustration towards cases such as the one depicted in his story. It is a fictional text, although the author explains that it is 'in all its leading fixtures, strictly founded in fact'.Set in the South of...

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Note about 'Goimhseagan' which reads 'Their brother was poss[esse]d hence their madness. Catriona and Mor were the names of the goiseagan.' Text has been scored through.

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Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: facial pain; and unspecified mental disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: primary mental disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Song and accompanying story about a woman who goes insane for seven years after she kills her newborn baby. Before she killed it her husband had cut the head off a sheep in front of her and one of his boys tried to kill the baby. The song begins 'A choillich dhubh a bhrol dherg' and is composed of eight verses of four lines each. At the beginning of the story is written 'Copied' and the text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Scope and Contents Song collected from Duncan Macdonald, aged 86 years, Snaoisval [Sniseabhal/Snishival, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Dhuisg mo leanan[n] mi m chadal S mi ga[bha]il fadail an dhusga'. The song is composed of thirty-nine lines. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across the first folio is 'Transcribed 17th/12 1883 30 Royal Circus Edinburgh A[lexander] Carmichael'. The accompanying story tells how the song was composed by a young woman 'who became insane...

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Vocabulary note for 'Conathadh' that it means 'Madness' giving an example 'Ghabh e conathadh = He took madness.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.