| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 30 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].
'This case was cured in about five months.
Her head was shaved and leeches were several times applied to it laxatives were employed, and small doses of tartarized antimony, morphine, and camphor, were given, and the douche and the shower bath were employed.
This patient expressed great relief from the cold douche applied to the back of her head.' |