Record

Reference Number	CN/2/3
Title	Third Lecture - Melancholia
Date	6 March 1906
Creator Name	Norman, Conolly, 1853-1908
Description	Typescript account of a lecture given by Norman on Melancholia. Norman begins by discussing the importance of the language used in describing patients both on lunacy certificates and in talking to the patients so as not 'to wound their feelings'. Norman then discusses melancholia, delusion and suicide, he illustrates his lecture with two patients from the Asylum who are brought into the lecture room. A manuscript note gives the patients names and [case numbers].
Extent	13 pages
Term	Depressive Disorder
	Suicide
	Delusions
	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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