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The physiognomy of mental diseases (1838)

Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 359

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th incoherence of ideas. She still calls herself a queen,sometimes queen Jesus ; she frequently knocks violentlyagainst her bed, and speaks in a loud voice against devilswho disturb her : a singular feature in this poor womanscase is that when a book is placed in her hand, after ashort time,… … / s 207 EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXVI. CHRONIC DEMENTIA. Portrait of H. E. aged 56; a married woman and motherof a family ; she has been fourteen years insane ; herdisorder was in the beginning violent mania, she is nowin a state of dementia. No. xvi. may be referred to asanother case of dementia,…

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