Admission Details for Patient: R W (9530)
Gender: Male Age: 72
Marital Status: Married Religion: Calvinist Methodist
Occupation: Bootmaker
Address: Llanfair near Harlech, Merionethshire
Date of Admission: October 30, 1920
Date of Discharge: December 12, 1920
Discharge Category: Recovered
Disease: (No diagnosis entered)
Supposed Cause: (None stated
Medical Certificate:
Continually talking and rambling in speech, says he eats sailor's biscuits because he is not allowed to go to sea as a sailor. Says he is now at 4pm, eating his breakfast, dinner and tea together. I am told by his relations that he had his breakfast at 8am and his dinner at 11.30am.
His only surviving son, W W tells me that he has repeatedly threatened and beaten his wife and has locked her out of the house. He sleeps very little and often goes out at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning wandering about the country and sometimes knocking people up etc.
Dr. Richard Thomas Jones, Harlech. 29th Oct 1920.
Approximate duration of present attack: 3 to 4 months
Number of Previous Attacks: 999
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected: Father, during last illness
Number of Previous Attacks: 999
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: During last 2 months
Dangerous: Yes
Clean Habit:
Food Refusal:
Sleep Habit:
Destructive Habit:
Disposition:
Education:
Physical/Mental State at Examination: Poor health and condition and has senile changes in his arteries. A sailor for 2 years and bootmaker for 56 years. First reported symptoms of insanity - very restless, excessive eating and very talkative. Lack of sleep for about 2 mths. On admission a perfectly sane appearance and conversation, is also able and sensible.
Current Diagnosis: Not ill
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