| Description Of Item | Letter from J Saidler, Millholme House Asylum, Musselburgh, to Thomas Laycock. Letter details response to Laycock's advice of using snuff and ammonia as a treatment for epilepsy, and opium and turpentine in patient cases including one with melancholy [depression] and suicidal tendencies. The paper is embossed with a Millholme House Asylum, Musselburgh stamp. |