| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 65 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].
'Portrait of L. C, aged 45.
This woman has had several attacks of maniacal excitement, produced by strong drink. The interval of sanity is short — not above two months; very little drink produces intoxication, even a pint of beer will have this effect; she has a constant craving for it. She has, also, delusions of a terrifying nature; talks of having the devil in her head, and is, at times, violent; a state of stupor has, sometimes, preceded her recovery.' |