Playfair, W. S. (William Smoult)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1836 - 1903
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William S. Playfair portraits of cases of rest treatment
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/001
Scope and Contents
Before-and-after photographs of six female patients of W. S. Playfair who had undergone rest-cure treatment for hysteria and neurasthenia. Treatment included seclusion and rest, massage, electricity, and regimented diet. According to donor, S. Weir Mitchell, Playfair exhibited either the cases or, more probably, the photographs to British Medical Association. Playfair did describe four cases of this type to the Medical Section of British Medical Association, Worcester, England, 9 Aug. 1882....
Dates:
circa 1880s
