| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 33 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].
'Portrait of J. J., a married female, aged 38; she is afraid that she is to be murdered, and sees white faced men in the night, who terrify her ; she often cries out, and when asked what is the matter, says she is frightened, that her thoughts terrify her, and is afraid of having done wrong; she made a slight attempt at suicide, by a scratch on the neck. Some improvement took place by the use of Hyosciamus, Camphor, Ammonia, Warm Bathing, and Tonics, but this was not permanent, excessive fear returned, and she remains uncured; she is generally worse at the period of menstruation.' |