| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 9 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Initialled A J [Alexander Johnston].
'E. I. plate 8, taken seven months after her disorder commenced.
Gentle laxatives, nourishing diet, fresh air and exercise, effected some improvement; she, however, required occasional restraint, on account of a disposition to tear her clothes during the whole interval.
Premature communication with her friends was prejudicial, and was succeeded by greater violence, her conversation became more incoherent, and she spat at those around her.' |