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The physiognomy of mental diseases (1838)

Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 221

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nd, she conceives that she is delivered up to thedevil, that the devil is within her, in the form of a serpent;that she herself is the serpent, and the cause of all themisery in the world—no arguments can undeceive her. She never enters into conversation, screams at short intervals,day and… … *?Ffi ■ 12; EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLVI. RELIGIOUS INSANE GRIEF. Portrait of F. P., aged 55, married, and the mother of alarge family; in this female the disorder commenced withlow spirits, without known cause, she complained of afixed pain in one spot of the crown of her head, and ofstrong pulsation…

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