| Description Of Item | Patient case note from the collection of Thomas Laycock. Relates to 20-year-old Christina Christie, diagnosed with [substrate] mania and hysteria. The note details Christie’s symptoms and behaviours, such as confusion, lying, and odd movements/inappropriate laughter, as well as prognosis and proposed treatment. Constipation of the bowels and menstruation are indicated as possible causes for Christie’s mania. Note signed by James Little. |