Posted by Phillipa on July 2, 2007, at 20:14:17
In reply to Re: Looking at the PAST PAST » MidnightBlue, posted by sunnydays on July 1, 2007, at 22:04:07
Sunnydays doubt there are medical records anywhere going back a long time. A lot of people kept diaries and I have some from the l800's that relatives kept. Seems consumption was a common cause of death. And I had a Great Aunt during the Great Depression married a millionaire twice and actually divorced the first one not common then. But as a child I knew her and she was very sane. I think the world has changed a lot with a lot of stress and mental illnesses appearing after World War II. Or people just accepted strange behavior. And remember they also burned the Salem witches. I think the thinking at the time influenced a lot of things. TB patients were in institutions too. And with no antibiotics my Mother's Father died when she was two of pneumonia mother never remarried. So in my case all mental illness seems to be recent. But that's just in my case. Love Phillipa
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