| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Chas [Charles] Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 5.
'Anne P: Aged thirty-eight, married, the wife of a book-binder, with three children, was admitted into Bethlehem Hospital on the 14th Oct., 1842, labouring under Mania from childbearing. The disorder commenced about a week previously to her admission, with dancing and excited conduct. A singular circumstance in this case is, that she is deaf and dumb, and is the wife of a deaf and dumb person. During the prevalence of the disorder, her sister was unable to understand the signs she made use of. After a residence in the hospital of about two months and a half, she was discharged cured.' |