Ref NoDEP/MOR/4/237
TitleIllustration captioned 'Fletcher Surrey Lunatic Asylum epileptic fits conduct violent'
Datec1840
TermEpilepsy
Asylum
Description Of ItemIllustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Unsigned [Charles Gow]. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 15.

'John F: Aged twenty-three, was admitted into the Surrey Lunatic Asylum on the 26th June, 1841, from a private asylum, in a state of Dementia from epileptic fits. In this case, the fits arc of very frequent occurrence, and are generally attended by a disposition to commit acts of violence. A few hours seclusion in his sleeping apartment, however, is generally found to be sufficient to restore him to tranquillity.'
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