Retief F P, Moll J C, Harms J H
S Afr Med J. 1978 Sep 23;54(13):541-4.
Francis William Reitz, the second last President of the Republic of the Orange Free State, resigned his office on 16 November 1895 for health reasons. He died 39 years later at the age of 89. An analysis of this health history shows his resignation to have been caused by a symptom complex quite characteristic of endogenous depression, probably precipitated by virus hepatitis, During 1896 he recovered fully, but in 1903, as an embittered man at the end of the Anglo-Boer War, he experienced a severe recurrence of depression which lasted 18 months, despite the best therapy available in Europe at the time.
奥兰治自由邦共和国倒数第二任总统弗朗西斯·威廉·雷茨于1895年11月16日因健康原因辞职。39年后，他在89岁时去世。对其健康史的分析表明，他的辞职是由内源性抑郁症相当典型的一组症状引起的，可能是由病毒性肝炎引发的。1896年他完全康复，但在1903年，作为英布战争末期一个心怀怨恨的人，他经历了抑郁症的严重复发，持续了18个月，尽管当时欧洲有最好的治疗方法。
