| Description Of Item | Patient case note from the collection of Thomas Laycock. Relates to 19-year-old Margaret Palmer, admitted to the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum on 13 July 1861. Palmer is described as suicidal and dangerous to others, becoming this way after ‘visiting a companion similarly affected’ – both Palmer and the unnamed companion are described as ‘masturbators’, which is identified as the cause of their supposed insanity. |