Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 189
er mother is believed to have brought on herdisorder—she conceives that she has two large wormswithin her like snakes, and that her head has been screwed;she expresses her firm belief that she shall never die, andshe is urgent in her entreaties to have her head cut off—to be opened alive, or to be… … , 109 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIX. A. K., aged 20, unmarried. This portrait was taken threemonths after her disorder commenced, it is attributed tooverstudy of religious subjects, respecting which shehas imbibed erroneous ideas—she never speaks, and. would, if allowed, remain always in one position;…
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