Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 447
hus, the change from a life of activityto one of retirement, indulgence in strong liquors, ormarriage in very advanced life, have been immediatelyfollowed by childishness, and prostration of the bodilyand mental powers Although the mental disorder of old age is in generalthat of imbecility, this… … 257 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XCV. SENILE IMBECILITY WITH MANIA. Portrait of E. S. aged 98 ; a widow. This old woman appears to have been very handsome in heryouth, had been three times married, and retained her eye-sight and hearing unimpaired. She was subject to twoor more paroxysms of mania in each…
Psychiatry · Mental illness · Physiognomy
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