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  • #61
    Originally posted by rjpalmer View Post

    The second notation, directly under the first and which is barely legible, seems to say "destitute & two years insane."

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    RJ, would you happen to know the heading for that last column, far right? ie; Reason for Admittance?, or Physicians Assessment, something like that?
    Last edited by Wickerman; 10-27-2023, 09:51 PM.
    Regards, Jon S.

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Wickerman View Post

      RJ, would you happen to know the heading for that last column, far right? ie; Reason for Admittance?, or Physicians Assessment, something like that?
      "Cause of Seeking Relief."

      It's interesting that his calling of "hairdresser" is still given, though less than a year later Jacob Cohen would state he "hasn't attempted work in years."

      "In years" is somewhat vague, but it could signal that Kozminnski had been 'off' for a while. I can't imagine that a hardworking Jewish family trying to scrape by in East London would have tolerated the unemployment of a young man in the prime of life if he hadn't been somehow afflicted.




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      Last edited by rjpalmer; 10-27-2023, 10:21 PM.

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      • #63
        "Cause of Seeking Relief"?

        OK RJ, thankyou.

        To be admitted under a question of sanity, admitted for evaluation is compatible with "Qy Insane" being Query Insane.
        I had to wonder if the heading was compatible with one of the two options we had been debating, it looks like it is.
        Regards, Jon S.

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