Record

Reference Number	CN/2/4
Title	Fourth Lecture - Melanch.
Date	9 March 1906
Creator Name	Norman, Conolly, 1853-1908
Description	Typescript account of a lecture given by Norman on Melancholia. Norman begins by discussing the Dangerous Lunatics Act, and the deficiencies he see in it and the way it is used to commit people. Norman then presents two patients from the Asylum who have melancholia, both have tried to commit suicide for which they have been committed. Both women suffer from delusions that they have killed members of their family. A manuscript note gives the patients names and [case numbers].
Extent	12 pages
Term	Depressive Disorder
	Suicide
	Delusions
	Infanticide
	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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