| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 24 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].
'J. O., aged 38, a Gardener.
The misconduct of an only daughter gave this patient much vexation, and brought on a state of melancholy, which lasted two weeks, at the end of which time — about four weeks before his portrait was taken — his notions suddenly became very high; he insisted he was the King, that he was in his palace which was made of gold, and that he had a million of money. His memory was much impaired, he did not know either the month or the year; his speech was slightly impaired, but he was talkative, and he walked with a tolerably firm step. ' |