| Description Of Item | Patient case note from the collection of Thomas Laycock. Relates to 28-year-old Adam Dodds, who was placed under Laycock’s care after being transferred from the Perth District Asylum on 10 March 1868, apparently suffering from dementia. Dodds is described as having displayed violent and destructive behaviour and was treated with seclusion and cold and hot baths. Following treatment, Dodds’ violent behaviour ceased. |