| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 54 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].
'Portrait of L. D., a married woman, aged 38.
This female became insane after child-bearing — she was previously a woman of excellent character, but was very ill used by her husband, who threw her down a stair, in consequence of which her head was injured; the principal feature of her disorder is a disposition to steal; at times she becomes so violent as to require personal restraint.' |