| Description Of Item | Contains 'Phrenalgia [?] or Melancholia' including hereditary predisposition, 1863; 'Special Forms of Lypethymia' with extract from a textbook on the subject and also including hypochondria, 1863; and 'Family and Domestic Melancholia' with pasted cuttings on relevant murder cases, 1864. Also includes case notes on delusions, delirium tremens, melancholia 1864-1875; letters from J Crown [?], Edinburgh, B Richardson, Shrewsbury, James Murray, Galashiels, M A R, Montrose and P C Stuart, Edinburgh on masturbation and nocturnal emissions, 1858-1876; letters from William Standing, Stirling on his whole family having rabies, 1866; unsigned letter from someone inhabited by evil spirits, 1869; 'Capsicum in Delirium Tremens' by Dr Lyons, 1866; 'Melancholia and Tumours cured by removing a tumour, 1856; and small cuttings on Mr Speke's disappearance and similar cases. |