Inside Out Library · Explore

The physiognomy of mental diseases (1838)

Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 101

An illustration from The physiognomy of mental diseases, 1838, leaf 101
in whom, although a pauper, ideasof wealth and grandeur are predominant—she conceivesherself to be an Irish princess, and possessed of greatwealth. She is liable to violent fits of fury when her delusions arecalled in question, but talks rationally on subjects uncon-nected with them. She is still… … 7 . 57 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XX. H. T., aged 60, a poor man who supposed himself to bea very exalted personage, and assumed the title of HeadGeneral of the whole world; his constant occupation wasshuffling a pack of cards and laying them out before him,saying that he was learning to play; his…

Psychiatry · Mental illness · Physiognomy

Internet Archive · Medical Heritage Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The physiognomy of mental diseases

More like this