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Ref NoDEP/MOR/4/42
TitleIllustration captioned '3rd view Jeffreys puerperal mania Bethlem cured'
Date1837
TermPeruvian bark
Irritant
Description Of ItemIllustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 10 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Initialled A J [Alexander Johnston].

'E. I. plate 8, restored to reason. In this case a blister applied to the nape of the neck, and a discharge kept up by the application of Savine Ointment, appeared to expedite the recovery, which was completed by the use of Sulphate of Quinine, in about nine months from the commencement of the disorder'
Extent1 piece
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