Admission Details for Patient: W W (9393)
Gender: Male Age: 17
Marital Status: Single Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Asst. Joiner
Address: Trefriw, Carnarvonshire
Date of Admission: March 9, 1920
Date of Discharge: September 28, 1920
Discharge Category: Recovered
Disease: No diagnosis entered
Supposed Cause: None stated
Medical Certificate:
Delusions of fire rising out of Cowlyd Lake in the form of a warm spring in the water, that a broken umbrella stick was burnt to pieces outside the premises (Brwynog Isa) and that he expects that all this will be over in the spring etc. He showed me a piece of paper, stating the spot where he fell from in his infancy. He continually gave one bits of paper, as being a great treasure etc. All the above being, of course, quite contrary to sound actions. And that he was the sole cause of the Great War.
His mother, M W, says that her son wants to crown his father as the King of England and his mother the Queen, his brother the Duke of Wellington, that an old umbrella (broken) was the cause of a great fire outside the house, that certain books must be burnt as they were the causes of diseases in the world, that he can see stones at the bottom of Cowlyd Lake, differently coloured, as blue, red, scarlet etc, the spot in question being far too deep to see any stones.
Dr. A. Thompson Hill, Llanrwst. 9th March 1920.
Approximate duration of present attack: 2 weeks
Number of Previous Attacks: 0
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected: Cousin
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: Yes, threatened to hang himself
Dangerous: No
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Physical/Mental State at Examination: Good health and condition. He is growing rapidly, very thin body. Does not know where he is, and talks about the sun setting fire to stones in the middle of some lake.
Current Diagnosis: Unspecified psychosis (F29)
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