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The physiognomy of mental diseases (1838)

Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 217

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LATE XL1V. RELIGIOUS IXSAXE FEAR. Portrait of R. N., aged 35, a married female who had beendeserted by her husband; this female, who is naturally ofa timid disposition, is persuaded that she is condemned toeternal flames, and is continually saying, Oh, how shallI bear to be burnt for ever ! Oh… … 125 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLV. RELIGIOUS INSANE GRIEF. Portrait of S. C. aged 48, a publicans wife, without children. The assigned cause of her disorder is, having been frightenedby a thief—she herself says, that she often took the sacra-ment unworthily. Her disorder commenced about a yearago by…

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