In Hall's 1900 historical report on "insanity" in women from British Columbia, "Mrs. D" was reported to have delusions that her husband was trying to poison her and she frequently wandered away from home. The treatment for Mrs. D was:

a) Trephining her skull
b) An early version of psychoanalysis
c) A crude form of electroconvulsive shock treatment (ECT)
d) Removal of her ovaries


d

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