Browse Artefacts (249 total)

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 29 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'M. S. P. aged 22, an unmarried female, educated as a governess — had an hereditary…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 30 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'This case was cured in about five months.

Her head was shaved and leeches were several…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 35 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [François Rochard].

'Portrait of A. S., aged 40, a married female; she is full of fear on many subjects — fears…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 32 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of M. A. R., a married female, aged 40, labouring under an attack of…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 36 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840), engraved by W H Lizars. Unsigned [François Rochard].

'Portrait of a female, in whom delusive fear of every object and…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 33 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of J. J., a married female, aged 38; she is afraid that she is to be murdered, and…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 44 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of R. N., aged 35, a married female who had been deserted by her…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 38 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'M. M., an unmarried female, aged 50, labouring under Monomania with grief —…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.