Post by W05W on May 26, 2017 19:14:01 GMT
INMATE NUMBER AND SEX: W05W/Female
FAMILY, IF ANY: Father, Mother, Brother, Husband
OCCUPATION: Wife
HABITS OF LIFE: Avid reader and daydreamer/ Separation from reality
RELIGIOUS PERSUASION: None
BROUGHT BY WHOM: Father
FORM OF INSANITY: Melancholia/ Female Hysteria
IF HEREDITARY: Yes/Mother
IF DANGEROUS TO OTHERS: N/A
IF DANGEROUS TO SELF: Yes
IF DESTRUCTIVE TO PROPERTY: Yes
MARKS OF VIOLENCE: Visible markings of self harm to thighs
OTHER FACTS INDICATING INSANITY: Refusal to bear children
ORDER SIGNED BY
Mr. Theodore Smith (Father)
Dr. Montmorency Stockhill
Full Story:
Patient W05W is 20 years old, and was married 2 years prior to admittance to AFWVG. Born in South London to parents Theodore and Prudence Smith, youngest child of 2. Middle class family, average education though of high reading and writing level, mentally distant throughout childhood (daydreamer/ early indication of female hysteria). Arranged marriage to Mr. William Branshaw, age 41, for modest dowry. Patient unhappy with arrangement and deemed unfit housewife. Symptoms began as unwillingness to procreate or produce children, self mutilation, distance from reality by excessive reading, suspected lesbianism, suspected masturbation distance from society, 1 miscarriage (likely due to hysteria), Melancholia, and suspected thoughts of suicide. Patient is not suspected to be dangerous to others but has shown signs of self-harm and damage to property. Patient is not deemed fit to be returned to society and is expected to be a permanent ward of the Asylum.
FAMILY, IF ANY: Father, Mother, Brother, Husband
OCCUPATION: Wife
HABITS OF LIFE: Avid reader and daydreamer/ Separation from reality
RELIGIOUS PERSUASION: None
BROUGHT BY WHOM: Father
FORM OF INSANITY: Melancholia/ Female Hysteria
IF HEREDITARY: Yes/Mother
IF DANGEROUS TO OTHERS: N/A
IF DANGEROUS TO SELF: Yes
IF DESTRUCTIVE TO PROPERTY: Yes
MARKS OF VIOLENCE: Visible markings of self harm to thighs
OTHER FACTS INDICATING INSANITY: Refusal to bear children
ORDER SIGNED BY
Mr. Theodore Smith (Father)
Dr. Montmorency Stockhill
Full Story:
Patient W05W is 20 years old, and was married 2 years prior to admittance to AFWVG. Born in South London to parents Theodore and Prudence Smith, youngest child of 2. Middle class family, average education though of high reading and writing level, mentally distant throughout childhood (daydreamer/ early indication of female hysteria). Arranged marriage to Mr. William Branshaw, age 41, for modest dowry. Patient unhappy with arrangement and deemed unfit housewife. Symptoms began as unwillingness to procreate or produce children, self mutilation, distance from reality by excessive reading, suspected lesbianism, suspected masturbation distance from society, 1 miscarriage (likely due to hysteria), Melancholia, and suspected thoughts of suicide. Patient is not suspected to be dangerous to others but has shown signs of self-harm and damage to property. Patient is not deemed fit to be returned to society and is expected to be a permanent ward of the Asylum.