Ninth annual report to the committee from the medical director : presented 31st December, 1930 / The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders.

  • Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders (Richmond, England)
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[1931?]
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Credit: Ninth annual report to the committee from the medical director : presented 31st December, 1930 / The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1929. GROUP I. Table I. (b) Hysteria. Patients who are Well. Sex and Age Duration of Stay Symptoms Result on Discharge Report in 1930 / 1 F. 32 10 weeks Attacks of weeping, moaning, screaming. Suspicions. In statu quo. Well. 2 M. 36 9 months Complains that he has locomotor ataxia. Depression. Loss of con¬ centration. Headaches. Improved. Much Improved. 3 M. 40 5i months. Anxieties. Fugues. Amnesias. One epileptiform attack. Insomnia. Well. WeU. 4 F. 19 11 months Anorexia. (Anorexia Nervosa.) Amenorrhoea. Emaciation (5st. lib.). Untruthfulness. Improved. (6st. 8Jibs.) WeU. 5 M. 37 3i months Spasmodic contraction of neck muscles pushing the head forward. Much Improved. WeU. 6 F. 27 months Paralysis of left leg. General anxiety. Well. WeU. 7 F. 58 H months Vertigo with tinnitus. Falling; attacks of unconsciousness. Improved. Improved. 8 M. 42 7 weeks Tics and jerks of body every few minutes. Pressure on head. Improved. Improved. 9 F. 34 2 months Pain in spine. Depression. Well. WeU. 10 F. 18 months Sleep walking. Depression. Fits of starving herself. Suicidal demon¬ strations. Improved. WeU. 11 F. 40 2 months Attacks of temper ; breaking plates, etc. WeU. WeU. 12 F. 27 9 months Ptosis. Imitation of other people’s symptoms. Sexual fears. Well. WeU. 13 F. 34 11 months Pains in back. Headaches. Agoraphobia Well. WeU. 14 F. 41 5i months Fainting. Emotionalism. Insomnia. Depression. Improved. Much Improved.