| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 15 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [François Rochard].
'Portrait of W. L., aged 40, in a state of Mania, taken immediately after an epileptic fit; on his head there is a soft circular pad, made use of in some asylums, to prevent the head being injured when the patient falls down suddenly. This portrait was taken several years ago; he still continues in the same state, and is considered a dangerous patient.' |