It Came to Me on a Whim--The Story of Ingeborg Andersson, Child Murderess by Maria Bouroncle

Author:Maria Bouroncle [Maria Bouroncle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: F
Publisher: SAGA Egmont
Published: 2022-07-04T00:00:00+00:00

In his letter to the National Board of Medicine, Dr Goldkuhl wrote:

The patient, who on her father’s side has a hereditary predisposition to mental illness, is quiet and reserved by nature. Although she never had an especially robust constitution, she previously always enjoyed good health and presented as happy, industrious and engaged. Entering her 27th year, following two childbirths in fairly short order and the shock of a sudden death in the family, she began to sleep poorly, became taciturn, withdrawn, disengaged, forgetful, was unable to perform her domestic duties as before, became morose and self-accusatory, lost her appetite and lost weight. After this had been going on for about a year, she committed an act entirely at odds with her natural interests and previous disposition, which lacked any motive and was decidedly impulsive in every respect. Immediately thereafter, her emotional side became completely dead. She has since become even more silent and reserved than before and is displaying partial amnesia. She gradually brightens up enough that she can feel remorse and be reasoned with, but still exhibits, at the time of writing, catatonic and demented traits. The diagnosis should not be anything other than catatonic schizophrenia with depressive episodes.

Växjö Sunday June 30th 1929

My Dear little Artur

I wanted to write a few lines to ask if you got my letters or not because you nevver write I sentt a card at Midsummer I have been waiting 2 months for a letter but now I feel really sadd because I dont think you are well I am so affraid you will get sick I remmember so well what you said when I had to leave. then I thought you were so smal and thin hope you are well perhaps have you have so much to do that you dont get around to writing I thinkt about you all the time write soon and tell me about it you are so teribly and Truely kind I am now so well so you do not need to worry about me Everyone is so kind and frendly to me I can not describe it now I get to stay up all day it is so nice here If only you knew and I get to go out 1 and half hour in the morning and a half in the afternoon now I am weaving ribons it is so nice I get 4 öre per meter and I also can now be in the auxilliary and then I think I will get 70 öre a week I dont know yet then we are in the day room every day we are 9 in all but 4 are confined to bed 2 have gone away and 2 have come Signe age 17 and Elin 41 are from skåne Albertina 40 and Ester 30 from blekinge them confined to bed Hanna 24 and me 28 from Västgöttland Ellen 30 from Smålland Emma 50 from Dalarna the others from Mallmö 2 them confined

I have only been up all

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