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Case number: 222. |
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Date of admission: February 14th 18.... |
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Name: Emilie, last name unknown. |
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Age and Sex: 16 years. Female. |
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Married, Single or Widowed: Single. |
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Has any family?: Unknown. |
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Occupation: Hmm... |
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Habits of Life: .....That could mean anything. |
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Religious persuasion: Church of England (assumed) |
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Brought by whom?: Madam Mornington, Headmistress, Asylum, FWVG. |
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Form of Insanity: Melancholia Dementia. |
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Supposed cause: Unknown, assumed, genetic weakness |
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Is hereditary?: Suspected |
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Is Suicidal?: Yes |
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Is dangerous to others?: Yes |
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Is destructive to property?: Yes |
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State of bodily health?: Hmm....Ill |
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Marks of violence, if any: Cuts and bruises (Self-inflicted of course) |
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Facts specified in medical certificate, upon which opinion of insanity founded: |
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1. Facts indicating insanity observed by medical man. |
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Claims to hear voices at night. |
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Prone to bouts of melancholia, interspersed with brief periods of excitement, |
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such as to interrupt the peace of the household. |
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2: Other facts indicating insanity, communicated to him by others. |
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General raving. |
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Has made numerous accusations against her guardian, |
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Which, as he is a respected personage, |
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are clearly the ravings of a fevered mind. |
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Has violently attacked her guardian, |
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Causing serious injury. |
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Has conspired with the housemaid to ruin household property, |
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and attempted to steal items, |
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namely a stone Cherub and an ironwork Candelabra. |
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Attempted suicide by drowning (How original). |
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Walking the city of London in insufficient and inappropriate clothing. |
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Stealing goods from local merchants. |
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Intent to prostitute. |
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Order signed by.... |
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"Now child, I abhor a fuss, |
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and I dislike noise in general. |
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So, I demand your co-operation, and am, as you can see, |
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prepared to extract it from you willingly or... |
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otherwise. |
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Do you intend to come quietly, or not?" |
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"Madam" said I, "I come as quietly as the dead" |
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"Brilliant, brilliant, only the light restraints then, gentlemen" |
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Roughly was I led out to the waiting coach by my leash, |
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and all I could think was "and these are the light restraints?" |
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(who are you?) |
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"I am your captain" |
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(What is this?) |
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(hello!) |
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"Awareness is the enemy of sanity, |
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For once you hear the screaming, |
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It never stops" |
