Ref NoDEP/MOR/4/125
TitleIllustration captioned 'Melancholy propensity to suicide Bethlem'
Date1837
TermAddiction
Mental illness
Description Of ItemIllustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 40 of of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston] 1837.

'T. C, aged 50, has had a determined propensity to suicide, of long continuance - his insanity is believed to have been brought on by intemperance - he was formerly in very good circumstances.'
Extent1 piece
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