Record

Reference Number	CN/2/2
Title	Second Lecture - Melancholia
Date	5 March 1906
Creator Name	Norman, Conolly, 1853-1908
Description	Typescript account of a lecture given by Norman on Melancholia. Norman illustrates his lecture with two patients from the Asylum who are brought into the lecture room. He uses the first case to discuss the issue of heredity in insanity, as well as other factors. In both cases the patient has tried to commit suicide and Norman discusses the reasons for this with them, and gives his own views. A manuscript note gives the patients names and [case numbers].
Extent	9 pages
Term	Depressive Disorder
	Suicide
	Heredity
	Mental Disorders

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/1622	Norman; Conolly (1853-1908); psychiatrist	1853-1908
DS/UK/178	St. Brendan's Hospital; 1830-2010; Psychiatric Hospital	1830-2010

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