| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 3 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].
'M. S. aged 21. — Portrait of a young Woman in a state of Mania.
After being in low spirits for some months, the cause of which was not ascertained, she become Maniacal: the character of her disorder assumed that of gaiety and satisfaction; she was almost continually laughing or singing; her conversation was quite incoherent.' |