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John Campbell, MD
Cincinnati

JAMA. 1970;213(9):1494.

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To the Editor.—

For 96 years recurrent depressions occurred in a woman who lived to be 103 years. The Figure is a chart of these depressions, compiled from the records of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Foster Kennedy's office, and the author's files.

Report of a Case.—

Born in 1866, the patient developed her first brief depression at age 7 years, and at age 14 years a second occurred. During the next few years no definite depressions recurred until 1904, after her marriage, when she had her first serious episode followed closely by two additional attacks.

In 1961, she was treated at the Henry Phipps Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, for the fourth serious depression. It was at this time that her brother died of paresis, having been one of the first patients treated for malaria at Johns Hopkins in 1916. One sister also had a depression at age 35 years, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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