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The physiognomy of mental diseases (1838)

Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 151

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x 85 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXX. PORTRAIT OF NO. XXIX CURED. This case was cured in about five months. Her head was shaved and leeches were several timesapplied to it, laxatives were employed, and small dosesof tartarized antimony, morphine, and camphor, weregiven, and the douche and the shower bath… … 87 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXI. NYMPHOMANIA. This exhibits an elderly female, in whom lascivious ideaspredominated, constituting the variety termed Nympho-mania. 89 MONOMANIA WITH FEAR. Fear forms the characteristic feature of a variety ofpartial insanity of frequent occurrence; those who labourunder…

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