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Treatment for Melancholia
« on: Thursday 25 March 10 13:50 GMT (UK) »
Just found out my ancester died from Exhaustion from melancholia in Chester Asylum 1893.  Does anyone know how this was treated or knows a goos website?

Del
Latham - Leigh, Rivington
Hupton - Staffordshire, Tyldesley, Atherton, Leigh
Meredith - Cefn Mawr, Tyldesley, Atherton
Strange - Westleigh
Wright - Pennington
Cawley & Hough & Hulse - Runcorn, Crewe
Bainbridge - Staffordshire & Durham
Peel - Upholland & St Helens
Hurst - Leigh
Duffy - Ireland
Poulton - Wales

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 25 March 10 13:57 GMT (UK) »
See Melancholy / Melancholia at http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/EnglishM.htm

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 25 March 10 14:03 GMT (UK) »
Thanks again Stan. ;)
Latham - Leigh, Rivington
Hupton - Staffordshire, Tyldesley, Atherton, Leigh
Meredith - Cefn Mawr, Tyldesley, Atherton
Strange - Westleigh
Wright - Pennington
Cawley & Hough & Hulse - Runcorn, Crewe
Bainbridge - Staffordshire & Durham
Peel - Upholland & St Helens
Hurst - Leigh
Duffy - Ireland
Poulton - Wales

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 25 March 10 14:06 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 25 March 10 21:19 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Stan, yet again.  Could I be cheeky and just ask would Winwick Asylum come undre Cheshire also.  I have found another relation in another asylum  :(

Del
Latham - Leigh, Rivington
Hupton - Staffordshire, Tyldesley, Atherton, Leigh
Meredith - Cefn Mawr, Tyldesley, Atherton
Strange - Westleigh
Wright - Pennington
Cawley & Hough & Hulse - Runcorn, Crewe
Bainbridge - Staffordshire & Durham
Peel - Upholland & St Helens
Hurst - Leigh
Duffy - Ireland
Poulton - Wales

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 25 March 10 21:34 GMT (UK) »
Winwick Asylum was in Lancashire, and is in now in Cheshire (from 1974) see http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/LAN/winwick_asylum.htm

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 25 March 10 21:39 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Stan, new you would know.  I assume I ask Lancs RO for details, Cheshire RO were very prompt in getting back to me with details of the relation in Cheshire asylum.

Del
Latham - Leigh, Rivington
Hupton - Staffordshire, Tyldesley, Atherton, Leigh
Meredith - Cefn Mawr, Tyldesley, Atherton
Strange - Westleigh
Wright - Pennington
Cawley & Hough & Hulse - Runcorn, Crewe
Bainbridge - Staffordshire & Durham
Peel - Upholland & St Helens
Hurst - Leigh
Duffy - Ireland
Poulton - Wales

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
« Reply #7 on: Friday 26 March 10 09:52 GMT (UK) »
Hello delta59,

Just to add that the Chester asylum, known locally as "The Deva" was situated on the outskirts of Chester at Upton off the Liverpool Road.

This was a large site as the hospital had extensive grounds and these included a farm, amongst other things.

The buildings are still there but now form part of the Countess of Chester Hospital. You can see the old Victorian buildings on one side of the development. I think they were in use for mental health patients up to the 1980s. In recent years there have been attempts to build on the lands surrounding these.

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Re: Treatment for Melancholia
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